Battle of Sugar Loaf Line-- Part 5: Decision Made Not to Attack It

By late afternoon, Schofield and Terry had overrun the Confederate skirmish line but then concluded that the main Confederate line along Sugar Loaf was too strong to be captured by frontal assault

It was decided that Wilmington would have to be captured from the western side of the Cape Fear River.

Major General Jacob  D. Cox's 3rd Division, XXIIIrd Corps was ferried to the west bank of the Cape Fear River to attack Fort Anderson, the main fortress guarding Wilmington on that side of the river.

--Old B-Runner