Siege of Fort Fisher

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_conflict
gptkb:military_siege
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Cape_Fear
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Fear_River
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Cape_Fear_River
gptkbp:aftermath Fall of Wilmington
Union control of Wilmington
gptkbp:archaeological_findings conducted at the site
gptkbp:casualties approximately 1,500
Union casualties approximately 1,500
Confederate casualties approximately 1,000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:political_organization
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_David_D._Porter
gptkb:General_Benjamin_Butler
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:Admiral_David_Porter
gptkb:General_Alfred_H._Terry
approximately 8,000
approximately 1,600
gptkbp:conservation_efforts partially preserved
gptkbp:crew gptkb:North_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron
gptkbp:cultural_references depicted in literature
depicted in film
depicted in documentaries
gptkbp:date December 1864 to January 1865
December 1864 -January 1865
gptkbp:defense gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkbp:defense_mechanism gptkb:physicist
gptkb:Fort_Fisher
Earthen fortifications
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 days
approximately one month
gptkbp:educational_programs offered at historical sites
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied for military tactics
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:General_John_C._Pemberton
gptkb:General_William_J._Hardee
gptkb:Colonel_William_Lamb
gptkb:General_P._G._T._Beauregard
gptkb:General_Jubal_Early
gptkb:General_John_B._Magruder
gptkb:General_Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:General_George_E._Pickett
gptkb:General_Richard_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_John_C._Breckinridge
gptkb:General_Robert_H._Anderson
gptkb:General_Braxton_Bragg
gptkb:General_Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:General_Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Admiral_David_Porter
gptkb:General_Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:General_William_H._C._Whiting
gptkb:General_William_H._Seward
gptkb:General_A._P._Hill
gptkb:General_John_A._Logan
gptkb:General_Richard_S._Ewell
gptkb:General_John_Bell_Hood
gptkb:General_Alfred_Terry
gptkb:General_John_B._Hood
gptkb:General_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:General_Edward_Ord
gptkb:General_George_B._Mc_Clellan
gptkb:General_John_G._Foster
gptkb:General_Joseph_B._Carr
gptkbp:historical_impact significant in the blockade of the South
gptkbp:historical_significance last major coastal fortification of the Confederacy
gptkbp:historical_site gptkb:battle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Fort Fisher
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:memorial
held annually
gptkbp:is_featured_in historical reenactments
gptkbp:land_use gptkb:battle
gptkbp:legacy symbol of Union naval power
symbol of Confederate resilience
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:military_strategy combined land and naval operations
Combined naval and ground forces
gptkbp:military_technology gptkb:battle
artillery bombardment
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Wilmington
gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Anderson
gptkbp:notable_event Naval bombardment
Use of heavy artillery
Land assault by Union forces
gptkbp:notable_ships ironclad warships
gptkbp:objective capture of Fort Fisher
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:First_Battle_of_Fort_Fisher
Battle of Fort Fisher (1864)
gptkbp:primary_source historical analyses and books
letters and diaries from soldiers
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance Opened the port of Wilmington
opened Wilmington to Union forces
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of the Cape Fear River
supply line to Confederate forces
gptkbp:student_organizations cut off Confederate access to the sea
gptkbp:supply_chain disrupted Confederate supply lines
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Fort_Fisher
siege warfare
gptkbp:tourist_attraction attracts visitors to North Carolina
gptkbp:type naval and land assault