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Capture of Fort Fisher! // Hours of Hand to Hand Fighting (Video)

Usually when your fort is overrun by the enemy, it is all over within a few minutes. Not at Fort Fisher. The struggle continued for desperately for hours, struggling over the fort’s ramparts.

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