The exchange identifies the Battle of Fort Fisher as a useful study in good and bad leadership during an amphibious operation. Surviving landward works and a museum preserve part of the battlefield near Wilmington. The seaward defenses, however, have been reclaimed by the Atlantic Ocean. The response welcomes what survives and adds Fort Fisher to a list of American historical sites worth visiting.
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Fort Fisher's amphibious history and eroded battlefield
A viewer points to Fort Fisher for lessons in leadership and amphibious assault while noting that Atlantic erosion has erased parts of the battlefield.