Fort Fisher

of the Confederate States of America

Interior View of Fort Fisher, Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Library of Congress My name is Maj, General Robert Hoke.

I am stationed here at Fort Fisher, a stronghold of the Confederate States of America.

Terrible war has been plaguing our great nation. My troop and I are stationed here because the Union has sent the battalion of Admiral David Porter to defeat Fort Fisher. General Lee has sent my brigade to this lonely fort set deep in the Carolina marsh.

Fort Fisher was built to protect the blockade runners up and down the Confederate Coast. Blockade runners are flat-bottom boats designed to go upriver and gather supplies from other Confederate states. The Union has set up a blockade on the Eastern Coast of America. Without the blockade runners, the Union will surely capture the Confederacy,

We cannot let that happen. Miles away, the Union troops approach.

Click the private. He will take you on.

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