Apr 12, 2015 | New Hanover, Union affiliation
This Northerner Came To Fight Corporal Samuel V. Mount, U.S. Army, served with the 112th New York Infantry. Wounded in battle at Richmond, he came back to fight in the first and second expeditions against Fort Fisher. He came in with sailors on the beach, under heavy...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Corporal James E. Reid, U.S. Army, was on picket duty along Wilmington Road and present at the magazine explosion, but did not participate in either assault at Fort Fisher or in the Wilmington Campaign. He wrote a series of more than 100 installments about his...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Then It Became Civilized Six days before his birthday Captain Ezra Lewis Moore, U.S. Army, was detailed to the staff of Joseph C. Abbott. As the battle for Fort Fisher was winding down, Capt. Moore and another officer were walking down towards the Mound Battery when...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
He Didn’t Lead from Behind Col. Alonzo Alden enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1861 in the 169th New York Volunteers. He served in 29 battles and engagements during the Civil War. He was wounded at Edenton Road on April 24, 1863, at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864, and...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
He Lived To Tell The Story Robert Morris Bloodworth, Confederate, served in Company B, 1st NC Heavy Artillery. He fought at Fort Fisher and survived the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Union Soldier Took Up Fallen Colors at Fort Fisher Private William Henry Freeman, U.S. Army, was the orderly of Col. Alonzo Alden, Commander of the 169th New York Regiment. In the January 15 battle for Fort Fisher, the standard bearer was seriously wounded and dropped...
