Battle of Fort Fisher (Tenth)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:North_Carolina_Campaign
gptkbp:aftermath Strengthened Union control of the South
gptkbp:casualties Union: 1,000
Confederacy: 500
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:political_organization
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_David_Porter
gptkb:General_Alfred_H._Terry
gptkbp:date January 15, 1865
January 13, 1865
gptkbp:defense gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:Confederate_Navy
gptkbp:defense_mechanism Earthen fort
Fortifications at Fort Fisher
gptkbp:duration 3 days
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the Union blockade strategy
gptkbp:historical_event Union victory led to the fall of Wilmington
gptkbp:historical_significance Last major Confederate stronghold on the Atlantic coast
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Fort Fisher (Tenth)
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:General_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:General_John_M._Schofield
gptkb:General_P._G._T._Beauregard
gptkb:Admiral_David_D._Porter
gptkb:General_George_H._Thomas
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_Robert_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:General_William_H._Seward
gptkb:General_Edward_A._Wild
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_William_B._Franklin
gptkb:General_Alfred_Terry
gptkb:General_John_B._Hood
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_John_A._Mc_Clernand
gptkb:Colonel_John_C._Lamb
gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Chase
gptkb:General_Joseph_A._Mower
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Fisher,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:notable_event Final assault on the fort
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:First_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance Opened the way for Union forces to capture Wilmington
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of the Cape Fear River
gptkbp:succeeded_by Fall of Wilmington
gptkbp:tactics Combined land and naval assault
Naval bombardment followed by infantry assault