North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd (Confederate)
31/10/1861
Organized - North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd - North Carolina
01/03/1862
Mustered Out - North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery, Battery B 2nd - North Carolina
14/12/1862
Battle - Kinston - Lenoir County, North Carolina
17/12/1862
Battle - Goldsboro Bridge - Wayne County, North Carolina
13/01/1865
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE