Ft. Fisher ?

[yankee hoorah]

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I noticed this sort of looks like Fisher. It seems like the general form of Fisher.
Is it really Fort Fisher ? Or is it another fort

 

[yankee hoorah]

is this man a Marine, or an early soldier from '61 ?

 

[yankee hoorah]

bandsman here, what type of coat is he wearing ?

 

[Stony]

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I noticed this sort of looks like Fisher. It seems like the general form of Fisher.
Is it really Fort Fisher ? Or is it another fort

Yes this is Fort Fisher. A Timothy O' Sullivan pic.

 

[yankee hoorah]

It looks so marvelous even after a fierce bombardment.

Yes this is Fort Fisher. A Timothy O' Sullivan pic.

 

[major bill]

is this man a Marine, or an early soldier from '61 ?

Perhaps he is a marine. The problem I am having is the photo becomes too unclear as I enlarge it to be sure if it could be a marine or not.

 

[yankee hoorah]

Perhaps he is a marine. The problem I am having is the photo becomes too unclear as I enlarge it to be sure if it could be a marine or not.

Sorry, Bill I don't know how I can do that.

 

[Robert Gray]

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bandsman here, what type of coat is he wearing ?[/QUOTE]

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I noticed this sort of looks like Fisher. It seems like the general form of Fisher.
Is it really Fort Fisher ? Or is it another fort

Notice that the cannon has been painted a sand color to camouflage its location.

 

[yankee hoorah]

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Notice that the cannon has been painted a sand color to camouflage its location.

I did not notice

 

[Nathanb1]

Patience, Grasshopper. Maybe one photo per thread? This is going to be highly confusing. I commend your enthusiasm, but slow 'er down a bit.

 

[Frederick14Va]

is this man a Marine, or an early soldier from '61 ?

Appears to be a quite youthful gentleman... My first impression is most likely a student at a Military Academy school...

 

[yankee hoorah]

Patience, Grasshopper. Maybe one photo per thread? This is going to be highly confusing. I commend your enthusiasm, but slow 'er down a bit.

yes ma'am, I just got carried away.

 

[yankee hoorah]

Appears to be a quite youthful gentleman... My first impression is most likely a student at a Military Academy school...

That makes sense, he is young and I do realise that several schools had the criss sross, what are those called again.
Also that they were white. VMI did it early in the war.
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[Frederick14Va]

bandsman here, what type of coat is he wearing ?

It appears to be the standard US fatigue coat... but has the collar and lapel rolled over

 

[yankee hoorah]

that one there confused me, it seemed like it was civilian wear.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Yes this is Fort Fisher. A Timothy O' Sullivan pic.

Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior view, with heavy gun broken by bombardment LC-DIG-cwpb-03677

 

[Susquehanna River Rat]

You can also see the adjacent gun has the muzzle shot off.
In the first attack on Ft Fisher, the fleet just relentlessly bombarded the fort itself which, due to the forts design did little but kick up some dirt and sand.
On the second attack, the fleet concentrated their fire on single gun positions until it was knocked out of commission, then they would move on to the next gun...and so on and so on till the fort slowly lost it's firepower.

 

[yankee hoorah]

Well that's a good strategy.