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THE BATTLES FOR FORT FISHER,
Fryar, Jack E. ~~~ $10.95 pb 36 pgs , Illustrated, 2006, elementary, middle school By late in the Civil War, Robert E. Lee’s army depended on the
port at Wilmington to provide it with almost everything. Lee plainly
said that if Wilmington fell, he could not keep his army in the field.
The leaders of the Union army and navy knew it, too. That’s why
on Christmas Eve, 1864, they launched a massive assault on Fort Fisher,
the huge earthen fort at the southern tip of modern New Hanover County,
which guarded access to the Cape Fear River. The attack was a failure,
but two weeks later the Union fleet was back. This time the battle would
decide once and for all who would control the South’s most vital
port. Whoever did would win the war. This is the story of those two
pivotal Civil War battles and the men who fought them, lavishly illustrated
with color pictures and photographs. It is an ideal way to introduce
young readers to the drama of America’s bloodiest war as it happened
along the North Carolina coast! |
