Wilmington campaigns, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 22 relations: Adelbert Ames, Alfred H. Colquitt, Alfred Terry, American Civil War, Benjamin Butler, Braxton Bragg, Cape Fear River, Confederate States of America, David Dixon Porter, First Battle of Fort Fisher, Fort Fisher, John Schofield, Naval mine, North Carolina, Rainbow Bluff Expedition, Second Battle of Fort Fisher, Ulysses S. Grant, Union (American Civil War), USS Wyalusing, William H. C. Whiting, William Lamb (Confederate States Army officer), Wilmington, North Carolina.

2. 1864 in North Carolina
3. 1865 in North Carolina
4. Campaigns of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
5. Military operations of the American Civil War in North Carolina

Adelbert Ames

Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, businessman and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.

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Alfred H. Colquitt

Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician.

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Alfred Terry

Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts.

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Braxton Bragg

Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American army officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, serving in the Western Theater.

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Cape Fear River

The Cape Fear River is a 191.08-mile-long (307.51 km) blackwater river in east-central North Carolina.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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David Dixon Porter

David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy.

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First Battle of Fort Fisher

The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a naval siege in the American Civil War, when the Union tried to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major Atlantic port. Wilmington campaigns and First Battle of Fort Fisher are 1864 in North Carolina.

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Fort Fisher

Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War.

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John Schofield

John McAllister Schofield (September 29, 1831 – March 4, 1906) was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War.

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Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Rainbow Bluff Expedition

The Rainbow Bluff Expedition took place on December 9, 1864 during the American Civil War. Wilmington campaigns and Rainbow Bluff Expedition are 1864 in North Carolina and military operations of the American Civil War in North Carolina.

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Second Battle of Fort Fisher

The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina, near the end of the American Civil War in January 1865. Wilmington campaigns and Second Battle of Fort Fisher are 1865 in North Carolina.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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USS Wyalusing

USS Wyalusing was a double-ended, side-wheel gunboat that served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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William H. C. Whiting

William Henry Chase Whiting (March 22, 1824 – March 10, 1865) was a United States Army officer who resigned after 16 years of service in the Army Corps of Engineers to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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William Lamb (Confederate States Army officer)

William Lamb (September 7, 1835 – March 23, 1909) was an American newspaper editor, politician, businessman, and soldier, noted for his role as a Confederate States Army officer in commanding the Confederate garrison at Fort Fisher at the mouth of the Cape Fear River during the Civil War.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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See also

1864 in North Carolina

• 1864 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• Battle of Albemarle Sound
• Battle of New Bern (1864)
• Battle of Plymouth (1864)
• Capture of Plymouth
• First Battle of Fort Fisher
• Rainbow Bluff Expedition
• Wilmington campaigns

1865 in North Carolina

• 1865 North Carolina gubernatorial election
• Battle of Averasborough
• Battle of Bentonville
• Battle of Monroe's Crossroads
• Battle of Wilmington
• Battle of Wyse Fork
• Carolinas campaign
• Second Battle of Fort Fisher
• Stoneman's 1865 raid
• Wilmington campaigns

Campaigns of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War

• Appomattox campaign
• Bermuda Hundred campaign
• Bristoe campaign
• Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
• Chancellorsville Campaign
• Fredericksburg campaign
• Gettysburg campaign
• Jackson's Valley campaign
• Manassas campaign
• Maryland campaign
• Northern Virginia campaign
• Overland Campaign
• Peninsula campaign
• Petersburg Campaign
• Siege of Petersburg
• Union blockade
• Valley campaigns of 1864
• Western Virginia campaign
• Wilmington campaigns

Military operations of the American Civil War in North Carolina

• Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
• Campaign of the Carolinas
• Carolinas campaign
• Rainbow Bluff Expedition
• Shelton Laurel massacre
• Siege of Fort Macon
• Stoneman's 1865 raid
• Wilmington campaigns

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_campaigns

Also known as Operations Against Fort Fisher and Wilmington, Wilmington Campaign.