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By the end of the year 1864, Wilmington was the South’s last open seaport on the Atlantic coast and was protected by Fort Fisher in North Carolina. On December 24 the Union Navy and Army made a combined assault on Fort Fisher, but were turned back after two days of fighting. The combined force returned on January 12, 1865, and engaged the fort in three days of combat from sea and land. Chief Quartermaster Robert Sommers was one of seven sailors and Marines cited for action in the three-day period of January 13 -15, and these were joined by at least 30 additional men who earned Medals of Honor on January 15 when Fort Fisher was captured. Chief Quartermaster Sommers was serving on board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga in the attacks on Fort Fisher. The ship took position in the line of battle and maintained a well-directed fire upon the batteries to the left of the palisades during the initial phase of the engagement. Although several of the enemy's shots fell over and around the vessel, the Ticonderoga fought her guns gallantly throughout three consecutive days of battle until the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels. |
Photo Contributed by Mr. Summers' great-great grandson James O'Neill
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