CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.
Capture of Fort Fisher.
Chromolithograph, 1890.
Image 17 1/2 x 25" (44.4 x 63.6 mm) plus title and margins.
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 15015
Price: SOLD Publisher : Published by Kurz & Allison, Chicago. Subtitle reads: "January 15' 1865. Union (Gen. Terry, Com.) Loss: Gen. Bell & 110 Kd, Gen Curtis, Pennypacker & 536 Wd. AD. Porter's Loss: 700 Kd. Wd., 2083 Pris., 169 Guns". Fort Fisher commanded the entrance to the Cape Fear River upon which the city of Wilmington, N. C. was situated. At the beginning of 1865 it was the Confederacy's last door to the outside world. On January 15th, the Union Army and Navy lodged a simultaneous attack and the army, led by General A. H. Terry, swarmed the walls. A strategic victory for the North - the end of the war was in view.Subtitle reads: "January 15' 1865. Union (Gen. Terry, Com.) Loss: Gen. Bell & 110 Kd, Gen Curtis, Pennpacker & 536 Wd. AD. Porter's Loss: 700 Kd. Wd., 2083 Pris., 169 Guns". Fort Fisher commanded the entrance to the Cape Fear River upon which the city of Wilmington, N. C. was situated. At the beginning of 1865 it was the Confederacy's last door to the outside world. On January 15th, the Union Army and Navy lodged a simultaneous attack and the army, led by General A. H. Terry, swarmed the walls. A strategic victory for the North - the end of the war was in view. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Civil War