"United States (Union)" . "The Wilmington campaigns were part of a Union effort to take Wilmington, North Carolina, from the Confederates. Wilmington was the last major port on the Atlantic seacoast available to the Confederacy. Fort Fisher guarded the Cape Fear River and in order to capture Wilmington, Fort Fisher had to fall."@en . . "William H.C. Whiting"@en . . "Eastern North Carolina"@en . "100000"^^ . . . . . "1, 971" . . . . . . . . "1971"^^ . "300"^^ . "Unionvictory" . . . . . . . . "4880"^^ . . . "The Wilmington campaigns were part of a Union effort to take Wilmington, North Carolina, from the Confederates. Wilmington was the last major port on the Atlantic seacoast available to the Confederacy. Fort Fisher guarded the Cape Fear River and in order to capture Wilmington, Fort Fisher had to fall."@en . "95,000" . "1864-12-07"^^ . "the American Civil War"@en . . . . . . "971652458"^^ . . "United States"@en . "Wilmington campaigns"@en . . "95000"^^ . . . . "Union victory"@en . . . . . . . "Fort Fisher and Wilmington on the Cape Fear River were the two obstacles to the Union advance into North Carolina."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--12-07"^^ . . "Wilmington campaigns"@en . . . . "CSA (Confederacy)"@en . . "1748"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "28455704"^^ . . . "Wilmington campaigns"@en . "100,000" . . . "CSA (Confederacy)" . . .