Fort Anderson (North Carolina)

It was built as a Confederate Fort by major general Samuel Gibbs French during the American Civil War.

The Confederacy decided to build forts around the Cape Fear River to protect the port of Wilmington from the Union blockade.

During the Civil War, blockade runners brought supplies such as iron, guns, and ammunition to the Confederacy.

The purpose of the fort was to hinder movement of Union ships, and to serve as a dropping off point for blockade runners fortunate enough to make it up the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

[2] Lawrence Lee was the first to begin exploring and researching the land in 1951 where Brunswick Town and Fort Anderson once stood.

The visitor center features displays and an audiovisual program about both the colonial port Brunswick Town and the Civil War period Fort Anderson.