Historical Marker

Fall Of Wilmington

Shipyard Boulevard at Seventeenth Street in Wilmington · Wilmington · New Hanover

North Carolina marker

Inscription

Union assault on Hoke's

entrenched Confederates led

to the city's fall on February

22, 1865. Earthworks were

nearby.

Location

AddressShipyard Boulevard at Seventeenth Street in Wilmington
CityWilmington
CountyNew Hanover
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates34.193320, -77.919520

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