Cape Fear Coast
The Cape Fear Coast
Along the Cape Fear Coast you'll find endless enjoyment and adventure, whether you're an avid golfer, a beachcomber, a shopper, a history buff, a naturalist, a movie fan, or all of the above.

Insiders' Guide - Wilmington
Insiders' Guide - Wilmington
The Insiders' Guide has over 400 pages of in-depth local information. It is your complete source of information about what to see, what to do, where to eat and where to stay. Written by local writers and constantly updated.

Carolina & Kure Beaches Chamber of Commerce
Pleasure Island . . . The name says it all! From the northern most tip of Carolina Beach to the Southern extension of Fort Fisher you will find seven and a half miles of Vacation Pleasure.

USS North Carolina
USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial
The Immortal Showboat — our monument to the "Greatest Generation." Standing with quiet dignity across the river from historic downtown Wilmington, North Carolina beckons visitors to walk her decks and absorb the history her veterans made in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. North Carolina (BB55) engaged America's enemies in over 50 separate battles, earning 15 battle stars — more than any other U.S. battleship in World War II. Surviving a direct hit from a Japanese torpedo off Guadalcanal in 1942, she ended the war with a loss of 10 men killed in action and 67 wounded.

Fort Macon State Park
Fort Macon — a historic landmark from the Civil War era — offers public access to the surf, sun, and sand of North Carolina's Crystal Coast.

ParkNet
American Battlefield Protection Program
The National Park Service's battlefield preservation organization.

National Historic Landmarks Program
Nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Fort Fisher is a National Historic Landmark.

Virginia Center for Digital History
Virginia Center for Digital History
Promoting American history and culture via the World Wide Web

Civil War Field Fortifications
Basic information on the design, construction, and use of field fortifications in the American Civil War.

APCWS
Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites
A national nonprofit battlefield preservation organization headquartered in Hagerstown, Maryland. APCWS has been involved with preserving Fort Fisher.

Civil War Preservation Trust
A private, non-profit organization started in 1991 to protect and preserve our nation's most important Civil War battlefield sites.

United States Army Military History Institute
The USAMHI preserves the Army's history by ensuring access to historical research materials. It serves as the primary research facility for the historical study of the U.S. Army, in order to foster a greater understanding of the Army's role in our nation's history and in its future.

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