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A brochure celebrating "Fort Fisher's 150th anniversary".
"This book ... presents for the first time all of the thirty-nine known O'Sullivan photos of Fort Fisher and the immediate vicinity, and two of the U.S. Navy's task force assembled to attack the fort. After more than three decades of studying Fort Fisher's history, [the author] has reassembled the most complete photographic record of O'Sullivan's images of Fort Fisher known to exist"--Foreword.
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An account of the capture of Fort Fisher, a key Confederate stronghold near Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Ahlgren's dramatic Civil War novel details the four-day pivotal battle for Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in that conflict's waning days. Told from the point of view of enlisted personnel on both sides, as well as a local civilian, Fort Fisher is the first American novel to focus on the role of the Union Navy and the life of a Union sailor.
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Excerpt from The Story of Fort FisherFort Fisher was constructed of beach sand sodded with marsh grass, and had been built in accordance with its situation and use, which was, as I have said, to control the navigation of the Cape Fear in the interest of blockade running and against a naval attack upon Wilmington.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.