Fort Anderson (North Carolina)
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fort-anderson-north-carolina-312-3407277
title:
Fort Anderson (North Carolina)
text:
Fort Anderson is a mid-19th-century earthen fort in the lower Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, located over the ruins of the colonial town of Brunswick in Brunswick County. It was built as a Confederate Fort by major general Samuel Gibbs French during the American Civil War. The fort was pivotal in protecting the Cape Fear River inlets and Wilmington upstream. Earthen batteries comprise the fort and were used as platforms and shields for the Confederate cannons. Beneath some of the earthworks
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historic district in North Carolina, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Anderson_(North_Carolina)
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date modified:
2022-07-29T10:57:17Z
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13
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