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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