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Site Name Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site Street Address 8884 St. Philips Road SE City / State / Zip Winnabow NC, 28479 Phone number 910-371-6613 Web Page www.brunswick.nchistoricsites.org   Admission Fee Free. Hours Tues.-Sat. 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Visitor services Museum, gift shop, information, rest rooms, handicapped access; trails. Regular Events February, Civil War encampment; Late fall, Heritage Days.     Directions Take I-40 south to Wilmington; follow signs for U.S. 74/76. Travel 3 miles outside Wilmington; take North Carolina 133 16 miles south to park.
Site Description
Fort Anderson, an earthen fortification, was constructed in March 1862 as part of the overall Cape Fear defense system. This system was to protect the Cape Fear River channel to the port of Wilmington, which was a major supply line to the Confederate forces. On February 19, 1865, a month after Fort Fisher's fall, a severe bombardment by the Union navy and an encircling movement by Union land forces caused the abandonment of Fort Anderson by Confederates who fled northward to Wilmington.

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