North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd (Confederate)
31/10/61
Organized - North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd - North Carolina
1/3/62
Mustered Out - North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd - North Carolina
14/12/62
Battle - Kinston - Lenoir County, North Carolina
17/12/62
Battle - Goldsboro Bridge - Wayne County, North Carolina
13/1/65
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE