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Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher
was a
Confederate
fort during the
American Civil War
. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at
Wilmington, North Carolina
, from 1861 until its capture by the
Union
in 1865. The fort was located on one of
Cape Fear River
's two
outlets
to the
Atlantic Ocean
on what was then known as
Federal Point
and today is known as
Pleasure Island
. Because of the roughness of the seas there, it was known as the
Southern Gibraltar
.
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