Fort Fisher State Historic Site
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1610 Fort Fisher Blvd S, Kure Beach, NC 28449
Description
By 1864, the supply line through Wilmington was the last remaining supply route open to Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. When Fort Fisher was finally subdued after a massive Federal amphibious assault on January 15, 1865, its defeat helped seal the fate of the Confederacy.Get to know Fort Fisher State Historic Site
Civil War Museum and Battlefield Until the last few months of the Civil War, Fort Fisher kept North Carolina's port of Wilmington open to blockade runners supplying necessary goods to Confederate armies.