Civil War Wilmington, North Carolina
cannon firing @ reenactment of battle of forks road near cameron art museum in february 2009
wilmington national cemetery has markers dating american revolution , american civil war.
during civil war, port major , busiest base confederate , privately owned blockade runners, delivered badly needed supplies england. union mounted blockade reduce goods received south. city captured union forces in battle of wilmington in february 1865, approximately 1 month after fall of fort fisher had closed port. military action took place distance city, numerous antebellum houses , other buildings survived war years.
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