Population of 112,000 and has become a popular Tourist Destination with people looking to experience the citys history and nearby beaches. With the help of our Charter Communications Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes, we learn about the cities history from local authors. We begin with author chris pineville on fort anderson in the battle for wilmington during the civil war. I rolling thunder. [cheering] [applause] we are standing on the parapet of fort anderson. It was the largest confederate fort in the lowercase fear in the interior, that part of the western land approaches and the river approaches to the seaport of wilmington. The fourth was initially started in march 1862, construction ongoing throughout the war. Are still working on it in febrry 1865. The fort was built on top of the old seaport. Which was the leading seaport of the river in colonial times, in fact the first enduring settlement on the Cape Fear River. After the american revolution, it faded into oblivion. The
River approaches to the seaport of wilmington. Confederates got good intelligence that the attack was coming. They knew the attack was planned against fort fisher. Four andersons garrison was largely depleted to send enforcements to fort fisher. You may have had a company or two of troops here. There would be to attacks on fort fisher. One at christmas of vacant 64, but 2. 5 weeks later, they returned with more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. After 2. 5 days of bombardment, the second largest bombardment of the civil war. Andnd forces attacked overwhelmed confederate defenders. Outmanned, outgunned, exhausted. The union forces turned their guns upriver to capture wilmington. That is when four anderson came into play. General Braxton Bragg abandoned the fort at the mouth of the river and withdrew them to four anderson. Soldiershen the most were in four anderson during the war, around 2300 confederate soldiers here. A division of troops who had been sent
River approaches to the seaport of wilmington. Confederates got good intelligence that the attack was coming. They knew the attack was planned against fort fisher. Four andersons garrison was largely depleted to send enforcements to fort fisher. You may have had a company or two of troops here. There would be to attacks on fort fisher. One at christmas of vacant 64, but 2. 5 weeks later, they returned with more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. After 2. 5 days of bombardment, the second largest bombardment of the civil war. Andnd forces attacked overwhelmed confederate defenders. Outmanned, outgunned, exhausted. The union forces turned their guns upriver to capture wilmington. That is when four anderson came into play. General Braxton Bragg abandoned the fort at the mouth of the river and withdrew them to four anderson. Soldiershen the most were in four anderson during the war, around 2300 confederate soldiers here. A division of troops who had been sent
River approaches to the seaport of wilmington. Confederates got good intelligence that the attack was coming. They knew the attack was planned against fort fisher. Four andersons garrison was largely depleted to send enforcements to fort fisher. You may have had a company or two of troops here. There would be to attacks on fort fisher. One at christmas of vacant 64, but 2. 5 weeks later, they returned with more soldiers, and this time they were determined to capture the fort. After 2. 5 days of bombardment, the second largest bombardment of the civil war. Andnd forces attacked overwhelmed confederate defenders. Outmanned, outgunned, exhausted. The union forces turned their guns upriver to capture wilmington. That is when four anderson came into play. General Braxton Bragg abandoned the fort at the mouth of the river and withdrew them to four anderson. Soldiershen the most were in four anderson during the war, around 2300 confederate soldiers here. A division of troops who had been sent
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