Fort Fisher Finally Became a N.C. State Historic Site

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the fall of Fort Fisher in 1865.

After the war, the fort was abandoned by the U.S. Army and allowed to fall into ruins, so much that after awhile it appeared to be nothing more than a group of sand dunes.

Veterans of the battle on both sides worked to have the Federal government make it a U.S. historic site like the Battle of Gettysburg, but nothing was ever accomplished.  Finally, in the late 1950s, through the efforts of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the fort was made a N.C. State Historic Site.

Serious preservation began at this time, though by then much of the fort was now under the Atlantic Ocean.

But, At Least We Still Have What Remains.