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Podcast: Battles Of The American Civil War
Episode: Aiken | Fort Myers | Wilmington
Description: We roll on with the last year of the war with three more battles for this episode! Â First up is the battle of Aiken on February 11th, 1865, in South Carolina as part of Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. Â We go to Florida for the small battle of Fort Myers on February 20th which is known as the southernmost battle of the war. Â We finish off this short episode with the battle of Wilmington which the Union look to take after their capture of Fort Fisher and deny the Confederates of any more ports on the East Coast. Â