The September 14th Macon (Ga) Telegraph had an article about Richmond's Fort Harrison by Chuck Meyers.
Fort Harrison and its four sister forts (Johnson, Gilmer, Hoke and Gregg) are part of the National Park Service's Richmond National Battlefield Park.
It was built in 1862 and named for Lt. William Harrison, a Confederate engineer, and designed to protect the strategically important Chaffin's Bluff on the James River. An engagement occurred at it September 29, 1864 involving Union General Butler's forces called the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
BATTLE OF CHAFFIN'S FARM
The actions took place on both Sept. 29 and Sept. 30, 1864 and were a part of the Siege of Petersburg.
On September 29th, 2,500 troops from Union General Benjamin Butler's Army of the James attack and overwhelmed the 200 Confederates under Major Richard Cornelius Taylor and captured the fort.
Union General Hiram Burnham of Maine was killed in the assault and the fort renamed in his honor.
Realizing the fort's importance, the next day, Robert E. Lee ordered a counter attack which failed and the fort remained in Union hands for the rest of the war.
In 1930, a preservation society called the Richmond Parks Corporation built a log cabin at the fort and that remains today as the visitors center.
The fort is in great shape and well worth a visit.
From Wikipedia.
So, old gen. Ben. did have some fort success, certainly not against the one in North Carolina.
The Big Boom Theory. --B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
