More Confederate names.
REILLY DRIVE-- Named after Major James Reilly who surrendered Fort Fisher to Union forces after Lamb and Whiting were wounded. He had also been an artillery sergeant in the US Army before the war and had surrendered Fort Johnston in Smithville (now Southport) to NC militia in 1861.
ROBERT HOKE ROAD-- General and native North Carolinian whose division was at Sugar Loaf north of Fort Fisher during the battle and also commanded forces in the Wilmington Campaign.
JOHN D. BARRY DR.-- Born in Wilmington and attended UNC. Rose through the ranks to become colonel of the 18th NC and slated for promotion to brigadier general but lost it after a disabling wound. Died shortly after the war, some saying over giving the order to fire at Chancellorsville which led to the wounding of Stonewall Jackson.
I got ahold of a street map and did not see a William Lamb Road which would have been named after Fort Fisher's commander.
I did see a whole lot more Confederate names, however.
Next. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
