River Road Sally Port

The River Road sally port was the fort’s main land entrance.

At 3:30 p.m. on January 15, 1865, Union infantry charged into this end of the fort.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road. ...

West Sallyport

ca. 1798

Report from the Fort

21 January 1802 • Major J. J. Ulrich Rivardi

The second [new] part [of the fort walls] … has been added on the north and west side … These new works extend along the ...

Sally Port

In its original state, heavy iron-studded oak doors (like the one before you) stood at both ends of the sally port. Large granite blocks, quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts, line its walls. A sample of the fort’s fine brickwork can be ...

Sally Port

In its original state, heavy iron-studded oak doors (like the one before you) stood at both ends of the sally port. Large granite blocks, quarried in Quincy, Massachusetts, line its walls. A sample of the fort’s fine brickwork can be ...