 Experience the Fight for Fort Fisher! Late in 1864, during the intensity of the Civil War, Federal troops attacked Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina with a massive naval armada and hundreds of ground troops. The bloody battle that ensued resulted in the Civil War s heaviest naval bombardments. After the second battle, in January 1865, Fort Fisher finally fell. As a result, the port of Wilmington closed, cutting the vital supply line to General Lee s army (and three months later, Lee surrendered). Confederate Goliath is based on the award-winning book by Civil War historian, Rod Gragg.