CSPAN3 To Forge A Thunderbolt March 19, 2017
River approaches to the seaport of wilmington. Confederates got good intelligence that the attack was coming. They knew the attack was planned against fort fisher. Four andersons garrison was largely depleted to send enforcements to fort fisher. You may have had a company or two of troops here. There would be to attacks on fort fisher. One at christmas of vacant 64, but 2. 5 weeks later, they returned with more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. After 2. 5 days of bombardment, the second largest bombardment of the civil war. Andnd forces attacked overwhelmed conf...