February 8, 1865: Schofield's Corps Arriving at Fort Fisher

FEBRUARY 8TH, 1865:  The first troops of General Schofield's Twenty-Third Army Corps were landed at Fort Fisher.  By mid-month the entire Corps had moved by ocean-transport from Alexandria and Annapolis to North Carolina.  At the end of December, they had been in Tennessee.  Quite a remarkable logistical move.

The protection of the Federal Navy and mobility of water movement had allowed the redeployment of thousands of troops from Tennessee to the eastern theater for the final great struggles of the war.

Hard to Fight That.  --Old B-Runner