The Union efforts at Fort Fisher made history

The Union efforts at Fort Fisher made history is one of the facts about the battle of Fort Fisher . The Union's victory at Fort Fisher dealt the Confederate cause a fatal blow. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia's supply routes were cut off. Lee would eventually hand over the Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, within a few months.

The second battle of Fort Fisher, which combined land and naval forces, set records for both the largest amphibious attack of the war and the heaviest naval fire in history up to that moment. Up until D-Day in World War II, it was the biggest amphibious assault by the United States. The Union onslaught included 58 naval ships and around 10,000 Union infantry. There was a lot of close-quarters fighting and hand-to-hand combat throughout this encounter. Soldiers who fought at Fort Fisher received 54 Medals of Honor, including 1 USCT man.