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The Fort Fisher and Wilmington Campaign: Letters from Rear Admiral David D. Porter

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20350
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After torpedoes plowed through Mobile Bay in 1864, the North and South became riveted on the last remaining port open to the Confederacy in Wilmington. In an attempt to smash Fort Fisher, guardian of the Cape Fear River approach to Wilmington, Rear Adm. David D. Porter was recalled from the interior to the Atlantic coast to lead the U.S. Navy in land-sea assaults on this last stronghold, and lead the final significant naval action of the American Civil War. This article displays the letters of Porter, as he discusses the preparation of attacks on Fort Fisher, the importance of Wilmington, supply problems, and administrative confusion.
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