Fort Fisher began life as a small, enclosed fort in early fall 1864, when the Federals pushed west from the Weldon Railroad with the objective of the Boydton Plank Road and the South Side Railroad. U.S. forces were checked short of their goal in the Battle of Peebles Farm as the Confederates defended their supply routes and extended their lines for protection. Fort Fisher grew into a large bastioned fort that anchored a refusal in the U.S. line.
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On this site we are very interested in changes in the line to reflect changing military circumstances.
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