Full campaign and battle history of the largest combined operation in U.S. military history prior to World War II. By late 1864, Wilmington was the last major Confederate blockade-running seaport open to the outside world. The final battle for the port city's protector--Fort Fisher--culminated in the largest naval bombardment of the American Civil War, and one of the worst hand-to-hand engagements in four years of bloody fighting. Copious illustrations, including 54 original maps drawn by the author. Fresh new analysis on the fall of Fort Fisher, with a fascinating comparison to Russian defenses at Sebastopol during the Crimean War.
- ISBN10 1882810198
- ISBN13 9781882810192
- Publish Date 21 July 1999
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 20 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Savas Woodbury Publishers,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English