Series of military operations during the American Civil War
Battle of Wilmington
Part of the American Civil War
Union Attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865
Date
February 11–22, 1865
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina
Result
Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)
Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
John M. Schofield David D. Porter
Braxton Bragg
Units involved
Department of North Carolina Army of the Ohio North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Confederate Department of North Carolina
Strength
12,000[1]
6,000[2]
Casualties and losses
305
845
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Operations against Fort Fisher and Wilmington
2nd Fort Fisher
Wilmington
The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11–22, 1865, during the American Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, between the opposing Union and Confederate Departments of North Carolina. The Union victory in January in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher meant that Wilmington, 30 miles upriver, could no longer be used by the Confederacy as a port. It fell to Union troops after they overcame Confederate defenses along the Cape Fear River south of the city. The Confederate General Braxton Bragg burned stores of tobacco and cotton, among other supplies and equipment, before leaving the city, to prevent the Union from seizing them.
^Gragg, p. 245.
^Fonville, p. 325.
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