Wilmington campaigns

Wilmington campaigns
Part of the American Civil War
Fort Fisher and Wilmington on the Cape Fear River were the two obstacles to the Union advance into North Carolina.
Date December 7, 1864 – February 22, 1865 Location Eastern North Carolina Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Alfred Terry David D. Porter Benjamin Butler John Schofield	Braxton Bragg William Lamb William H.C. Whiting † Alfred H. Colquitt
Strength
100,000	95,000
Casualties and losses
1, 971	1,748

The Wilmington campaigns were part of a Union effort to take Wilmington, North Carolina, from the Confederates. Wilmington was the last major port on the Atlantic seacoast available to the Confederacy. Fort Fisher guarded the Cape Fear River and in order to capture Wilmington, Fort Fisher had to fall.^[1][2][3]