Further Fort Fisher Fighting Flares

You've got to love the way the guys at the Civil War Interactive blog title their headlines on the daily events of that long ago war.

For today's date, they had the above headline.

The first attack on Fisher over Christmas 1864 had been an "unmitigated disaster in the hands of Gen. Benjamin Butler" who had been removed January 3rd and replaced by Gen. Alfred terry who began planning today with Admiral David D. Porter for another assault.

Even though Porter was technically in command of only the Naval forces, Terry deferred to him because of his experience at the fort.

Porter's plans for the second attack called for an army assault along the fort's land face while a second assault took place seaward by a force of sailors and Marines armed with pistols and cutlasses who were to attack in the same manner as if boarding an enemy ship.

And, So It Begins. --B-R'er