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Perspective on the Blockade
Record #:
28160
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Abstract:
Early in the American Civil War the Union blockaded the southern states’ main ports. Wilmington was the last significant port that could harbor blockade runners to assist the Confederacy. The fort was finally taken by Union forces led by Alfred H. Terry on January 15, 1865.
Source:
Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 4 Issue 1, Nov. 1960,
p3-4, il
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