Some New News About an Old War.
1. BATTLE OF FORKS ROAD-- This weekend, the Battle of Forks Road, outside Wilmington, NC, will have an re-enactment marking the 144th anniversary of the battle. After the fall of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865, Confederate forces fought a series of delaying battles as Federal forces approached Wilmington.
Confederate forces under Gen. Robert F. Hoke, fought one final battle here, before the city was captured. The battle will be recreated on the actual battlefield, the grounds of the Cameron Art Museum. There will also be artillery and firearm demonstrations and a talk by noted expert Chris Fonville.
2. USS SENECA-- Was a 90-Day Gunboat, so-named because of the amount of time to build them. These ships were built and hurriedly part in both attacks on Fort Fisher and on February 17th, the attack on Fort Anderson on the Cape Fear River.
3. DAVIS TO BEAUVOIR-- The February 11th Clarion (Ms) Ledger reports that the life-size bronze statue of Jefferson Davis may be placed at his final home, Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was originally going to the American Civil War Center at Richmond, but pc politics stopped that. Plans for putting it at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson also fell through.
The statue shows Davis with his son Joe and the black boy, Joe Lumber, who was adopted by the Davis family.
Now You Know. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
