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Second Battle of Fort Fisher (view source)
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{{ACWbattle
|name=Second Battle of Fort Fisher
|image=
|begin=January 13, 1865
|end=January 15, 1865
|place=New Hanover County, North Carolina
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Operations against Fort Fisher and Wilmington
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Expeditionary Corps,<br/>Army of the James
|combatants2=Hoke's Division<br/>Fort Fisher Garrison
|commanders1=[[David D. Porter]]<br/>Rear Admiral, USN<br/>[[Alfred Terry]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Braxton Bragg]]<br/>General, CSA<br/>[[Robert Hoke]]<br/>Major General, CSA<br/>[[Charles Lamb]]<br/>Colonel, CSA
|strength1=9,632
|strength2=1,900
|casualties1='''1,341'''
|casualties2='''583'''<br/>Remainder captured
}}
After the failure of his December expedition against Fort Fisher, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler was relieved of command. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a “Provisional Corps,” including Paine's Division of U.S. Colored Troops, and supported by a naval force of nearly 60 vessels, to renew operations against the fort. After a preliminary bombardment directed by Rear Adm. David D. Porter on January 13, Union forces landed and prepared an attack on Maj. Gen. Robert Hoke's infantry line. On the 15th, a select force moved on the fort from the rear. A valiant attack late in the afternoon, following the bloody repulse of a naval landing party carried the parapet. The Confederate garrison surrendered, opening the way for a Federal thrust against Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Fisher and Wilmington}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Second Battle of Fort Fisher
|image=
|begin=January 13, 1865
|end=January 15, 1865
|place=New Hanover County, North Carolina
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Operations against Fort Fisher and Wilmington
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Expeditionary Corps,<br/>Army of the James
|combatants2=Hoke's Division<br/>Fort Fisher Garrison
|commanders1=[[David D. Porter]]<br/>Rear Admiral, USN<br/>[[Alfred Terry]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Braxton Bragg]]<br/>General, CSA<br/>[[Robert Hoke]]<br/>Major General, CSA<br/>[[Charles Lamb]]<br/>Colonel, CSA
|strength1=9,632
|strength2=1,900
|casualties1='''1,341'''
|casualties2='''583'''<br/>Remainder captured
}}
After the failure of his December expedition against Fort Fisher, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler was relieved of command. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a “Provisional Corps,” including Paine's Division of U.S. Colored Troops, and supported by a naval force of nearly 60 vessels, to renew operations against the fort. After a preliminary bombardment directed by Rear Adm. David D. Porter on January 13, Union forces landed and prepared an attack on Maj. Gen. Robert Hoke's infantry line. On the 15th, a select force moved on the fort from the rear. A valiant attack late in the afternoon, following the bloody repulse of a naval landing party carried the parapet. The Confederate garrison surrendered, opening the way for a Federal thrust against Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Fisher and Wilmington}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]