In 1865, the Union army and naval forces engaged in a successful attempt to capture Fort Fisher and take Wilmington, North Carolina, which was the South's last blockade-running port. There were numerous United States Colored Troops who took part in the fight. Former slaves and free blacks served under white officers. Though casualty figures for the […]

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