Fort Fisher Monument

<i>(south face)</i><br> In memory of those men<br> of the Confederate States Army<br> who for more than three years<br> manned the guns of Fort Fisher<br> under command of<br> Colonel William Lamb<br> Major General W.H.C. Whiting<br> and Major James Reilly.<br><br> <i>(north face)</i><br> During the War Between the States,<br> 1861-1865, Fort Fisher was the defence<br> of the last open port of the Confederacy.<br> here a combined naval and military<br> assault by Federal forces was repulsed<br> on December 24 and 25, 1864.<br> The fort was captured on the night<br> of January 15, 1865,<br> after three days combined bombardment<br> by more than 55 enemy warships<br> and attacks by 10,000 land forces.<br> The garrison of the fort, 1900 men, was<br> composed entirely of North Carolinians<br> with the exception of 350 South Carolinians.<br><br> <i>(west face)</i><br> Erected by<br> The North Carolina Division<br> United Daughters of<br> the Confederacy<br> April, 1932<br> Cecil Brawley Long, President Newton<br> Committee<br> Annie Rogers Newell, Chairman Charlotte<br> Amanda Parsley Taylor Wilmington<br> Hannah Attmore Long Graham<br> Mattie Hadley Woodard Wilson<br> Alice Davis Peck Wilmington