Born: December 26, 1816
Birthplace: Salisbury North Carolina
Father: Charles Fisher
Mother: Christine Beard Fisher
Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell Fisher Unknown – 1836
(Buried: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina)
Education:
Attended Yale University
Occupation before War:
Mine Owner and Planter in Salisbury North Carolina
Editor of Western Carolinian Newspaper
1854 – 1855: North Carolina State Senator
1855 – 1861: President of North Carolina Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Killed during the First Battle of Bull Run while leading charge
Died: July 21, 1861
Place of Death: Manassas Virginia
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina∼As Colonel of 6th North Carolina, led his men into battle at 1st Manassas/1st Bull Run 7/21/1861. Killed in Action. He commemorated as namesake for Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, NC, Cape Fear River outlet. Ft. Fisher protected inlet to Wilmington, NC. This port became the lifeline of the Confederate Army at Richmond, for eight months, via the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad. Ft. Fisher taken in January 1865 in second attempt by Major General Alfred Terry and Admiral DD Porter. Failure of 1st attempt led to dismissal of Major General Benjamin Butler in December 1864.
Birthplace: Salisbury North Carolina
Father: Charles Fisher
Mother: Christine Beard Fisher
Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell Fisher Unknown – 1836
(Buried: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina)
Education:
Attended Yale University
Occupation before War:
Mine Owner and Planter in Salisbury North Carolina
Editor of Western Carolinian Newspaper
1854 – 1855: North Carolina State Senator
1855 – 1861: President of North Carolina Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Killed during the First Battle of Bull Run while leading charge
Died: July 21, 1861
Place of Death: Manassas Virginia
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina∼As Colonel of 6th North Carolina, led his men into battle at 1st Manassas/1st Bull Run 7/21/1861. Killed in Action. He commemorated as namesake for Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, NC, Cape Fear River outlet. Ft. Fisher protected inlet to Wilmington, NC. This port became the lifeline of the Confederate Army at Richmond, for eight months, via the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad. Ft. Fisher taken in January 1865 in second attempt by Major General Alfred Terry and Admiral DD Porter. Failure of 1st attempt led to dismissal of Major General Benjamin Butler in December 1864.
Born: December 26, 1816
Birthplace: Salisbury North Carolina
Father: Charles Fisher
Mother: Christine Beard Fisher
Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell Fisher Unknown – 1836
(Buried: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina)
Education:
Attended Yale University
Occupation before War:
Mine Owner and Planter in Salisbury North Carolina
Editor of Western Carolinian Newspaper
1854 – 1855: North Carolina State Senator
1855 – 1861: President of North Carolina Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Killed during the First Battle of Bull Run while leading charge
Died: July 21, 1861
Place of Death: Manassas Virginia
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina∼As Colonel of 6th North Carolina, led his men into battle at 1st Manassas/1st Bull Run 7/21/1861. Killed in Action. He commemorated as namesake for Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, NC, Cape Fear River outlet. Ft. Fisher protected inlet to Wilmington, NC. This port became the lifeline of the Confederate Army at Richmond, for eight months, via the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad. Ft. Fisher taken in January 1865 in second attempt by Major General Alfred Terry and Admiral DD Porter. Failure of 1st attempt led to dismissal of Major General Benjamin Butler in December 1864.
Birthplace: Salisbury North Carolina
Father: Charles Fisher
Mother: Christine Beard Fisher
Wife: Elizabeth Caldwell Fisher Unknown – 1836
(Buried: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina)
Education:
Attended Yale University
Occupation before War:
Mine Owner and Planter in Salisbury North Carolina
Editor of Western Carolinian Newspaper
1854 – 1855: North Carolina State Senator
1855 – 1861: President of North Carolina Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861: Killed during the First Battle of Bull Run while leading charge
Died: July 21, 1861
Place of Death: Manassas Virginia
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Old Lutheran Church Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina∼As Colonel of 6th North Carolina, led his men into battle at 1st Manassas/1st Bull Run 7/21/1861. Killed in Action. He commemorated as namesake for Ft. Fisher, Wilmington, NC, Cape Fear River outlet. Ft. Fisher protected inlet to Wilmington, NC. This port became the lifeline of the Confederate Army at Richmond, for eight months, via the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad. Ft. Fisher taken in January 1865 in second attempt by Major General Alfred Terry and Admiral DD Porter. Failure of 1st attempt led to dismissal of Major General Benjamin Butler in December 1864.
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