Mounted one 8-inch Columbiad and seven 32-pounder cannons and was garrisoned by Company E, 36th North Carolina Regiment. Also known as Fort Union.Ĥ miles south of New Bern (Craven County)Ĭonfederate earthwork fort built as part of the defenses of New Bern. Small redoubt mounting a 100-pounder Parrott rifle and two 32-pounder cannons.
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One of a series of Federal forts built in 1862-63 to enable Union forces to hold New Bern. Mounted four 24-pounder cannons and four 32-pounder cannons (one rifled) and garrisoned by Company G, 36th North Carolina Regiment. Constructed early in the war and continually improved.Ħ miles south of New Bern (Craven County)Ĭonfederate earthwork fort on the west bank of the Neuse River serving as part of the defenses of New Bern. One of several Confederate forts comprising the defense of the Cape Fear River approaches to Wilmington. Manned by a garrison of Rhode Island troops until its capture in 1864 by the 65th North Carolina Regiment. Hoke's attack in April 1864 by the 35th North Carolina Regiment. One of many Federal installations built in defense of Union-held Plymouth. Lamb's company of the 17th North Carolina Regiment. Irregular square fort with an 18-foot-thick parapet, mounting five Navy 32-pounder cannons and three 6-pounder cannons and manned by Capt. Southwest end of Hatteras Island (Dare County)Ĭonfederate earthwork fort guarding the entrance to Hatteras Inlet. Located on the north side of the Neuse River, it mounted three 24-pounder cannons. Named for Richard Caswell, North Carolina's first governor and a Revolutionary War hero. Seized by Confederate troops in April 1861, it became a mainstay in the Confederate defense of the river and Wilmington. Permanent masonry fort on the west bank of the Cape Fear River completed in 1838 for coastal defense. Near the mouth of the Cape Fear River (Brunswick County) Mounted one eight-inch Columbiad, one 18-pounder cannon, one 24-pounder cannon, two 32-pounder cannons, two 9-inch Dahlgrens, and one 30-pounder Parrott rifle. Guarded a series of defensive river obstructions near the junction of the Cape Fear and Brunswick Rivers. One of several Confederate earthwork forts on the east side of the Cape Fear River. Campbell, killed at the Battle of Gaines's Mill. Garrisoned by Company F, 3rd North Carolina Artillery, and Company B, First North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion. Branch, killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam).Ĭonfederate earthwork fort that guarded the western approaches to the Western Bar Channel of the Cape Fear River and helped protect Confederate blockade-runners leaving the mouth of the river. Protected vital railroad bridge at Weldon and naval facilities at Halifax and Edward's Ferry. Blanchard.Ĭonfederate fort built on a 70-foot bluff known as Rainbow Banks on the south side of the Roanoke River. Mounted four 32-pounder cannons and garrisoned by Company G, 31st North Carolina Regiment. Small Confederate earthwork fort built to defend approaches to Roanoke Island through Croatan Sound. Captured by Confederate forces in February 1864 but subsequently abandoned and reoccupied by Federal forces. Large earthwork Union fort built to guard a railroad bridge over the Newport River and a large permanent troop encampment called Newport Barracks. Francis Bartow, killed in the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Mounted nine 32-pounder cannons (one rifled) and manned by Companies I and L, 17th North Carolina Regiment.
Anderson.Ĭonfederate earthwork fort built to defend southern approaches to Roanoke Island through Croatan Sound. Large earthwork fort armed with nine 32-pounder cannons, three 24-pounder cannons, and at least one Whitworth gun.
One of six major Confederate forts built to secure the port of Wilmington and the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. South of Wilmington (near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, New Hanover County) Hiram Anderson of the 92nd New York Regiment, which comprised the fort's garrison. Mounted four 32-pounder carronades, a 24-pounder howitzer, and a 12-pounder howitzer. Amory of the 17th Massachusetts Regiment. Manned by Company B, 1st Maryland Regiment. Go to: North Carolina Military Installations - Civil War - Camps North Carolina Military Installations - Civil War - Batteries.īuilt in 1862 by Confederate forces on the west bank of the Neuse River to defend New Bern. Return to: North Carolina Military Installations - Civil War North Carolina Military Installations - Civil War