Battle of Fort Anderson

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The Battle of Fort Anderson was an American Civil War engagement in February 1865 in North Carolina, where Union forces captured a key Confederate fortification along the Cape Fear River as part of the campaign to secure Wilmington.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
armedForce Confederate Department of North Carolina ⓘ
Union Army of the Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Ohio
associatedWith fall of Wilmington ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ
campaign Wilmington Campaign ⓘ
combatant Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
commander Admiral David D. Porter ⓘ
linked to: David Dixon Porter

Alfred H. Terry ⓘ
Braxton Bragg ⓘ
Jacob D. Cox ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

Johnson Hagood ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date February 1865 ⓘ
defensiveWork Confederate earthwork fortifications ⓘ
endDate 1865-02-19 ⓘ
followedBy capture of Wilmington ⓘ
fortification Fort Anderson ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1860s ⓘ
involves amphibious operations ⓘ
land assault ⓘ
naval bombardment ⓘ
location Brunswick County, North Carolina ⓘ
Cape Fear River ⓘ
militaryUnit Confederate District of Wilmington forces ⓘ
Union Fort Fisher Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron ⓘ
Union XXIII Corps ⓘ
objective capture Fort Anderson ⓘ
secure approach to Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
partOf Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
Wilmington Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Second Battle of Fort Fisher ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
river Cape Fear River ⓘ
sideWon Union ⓘ
startDate 1865-02-18 ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
strategicImportance defense of Wilmington, North Carolina ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Fort Anderson → engagement → Battle of Fort Anderson ⓘ