Lamb Expands the Fort, 1862-1865
Col. William Lamb took command on July 4, 1862. For two years over 1,000 soldiers, slaves, and free blacks worked six days a week.
J.A. McMillan, a soldier at Fort Fisher, wrote: “They everlastingly make us work. … We work nine hours these hot days.”
Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
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