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This Month in the Civil War – Fort Fisher Surrenders – by S. McBride

As William Tecumseh Sherman was offering the capture of the key Confederate city of Savannah, Georgia to President Abraham Lincoln as a “Christmas gift”, a combined amphibious Army and Navy force was engaged in an attempt to capture Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina. That was the only remaining Atlantic seaport accessible to blockade runners who were bringing in supplies to keep the rapidly-fading Confederate hopes of victory alive.

Read the entire article in the Jan. 15th issue of the Express.

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Schaghticoke at Fort Fisher – by C. Kelley

Last week I wrote about the amphibious assault by the Union Army and Navy on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, defender of the last access point for supplies to the Confederacy in the Civil War. The Confederates surrendered on January 14, 1865, and the fort’s ammunition store blew up the next day, killing 200 men.

Read the entire article in the Jan. 8th issue of the Express.

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WWII Vet Stephen Dennis Receives Medals – by S. McBride

 

Stephen Dennis celebrated his 92nd birthday this past weekend.  Somehow it is fitting that just two days before that birthday he was presented with a long-overdue gift . . .  the medals he earned for his service to our nation in World War II seven decades ago as a sailor in the United States Navy.

In a ceremony at Lt. Fred H. Clark Post 91 of the American Legion, to the cheers and cries of “Thank you!” from the friends, family members, officials and Legionnaires in attendance, Steve was presented with the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Two Bronze Stars, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Combat Action Ribbon.  He was also presented the New York State Senate’s Liberty Medal, and the Saratoga County Veterans’ Service Medal from the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.

 

Read the entire article in the August 14th issue of the Express.