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Why was fort fisher one of the most important confederate sites during the civil war

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Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865. The strength of Fort Fisher led to its being called the Southern Gibraltar and the "Malakoff Tower of the South".

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