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Why was the Confederate port of Wilmington of such value to the South?
ChuckSiata
The port at Wilmington, North Carolina had significant value to the Confederates. After the Union's capture of Norfolk in 1862, Wilmington was the last major Southern port on the Atlantic coast. It was a supply source fro both Richmond and the Army of Northern Virginia.
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