wilmington became so important that u.s. grant left virginia, came to the cape fear river and on january 28 he consulted with the leaders who had captured fort fisher. had a recapture wilmington? -- how to recapture on the? admiral dixon porter and the union general whose forces had fisher, they saider, they we have been here for two weeks and we have scouted the confederate positions. the ground on the east side of the cape fear river is a peninsula and to narrow for military operations. and strongly defended by a line harfs known as the sugarloaf line. we will transfer to the west side of the cape fear river. will have the flotilla move up the river, provide covering fire for both wings of the army on the east side in west side of the river. but really there is only one major obstacle between us and wilmington. that is for anderson on the west side. it will provide a lot of elbow room for the army. we can attack fort anderson from the river. we can attack it from the south. if possible, we can attack it had on with the pro

they realized that to stop the war wilmington had to be captured. lincoln later told grant that he was going to have to capture fort fisher because the country would not allow another failure. a new commander was chosen. in januaryn here 1865. there is a three day bombardment of this fortification. the largest naval bombardment of the american civil war. they would then launch a two-pronged attack. the navy doesn't want to be left out of the honor of capturing fort fisher. and attempt to use marines navy landing personnel on the beach. over the river road. they have a brand-new strategy to let the army pounded the fort into submission. they targeted specific locations, gun chambers, palisade walls. into the wall so that when the army attacks, they dge atrun through the bri the front of the fort or through the swamp and the holes in the wall. there were about 3000 federal troops who were battle hardened, and then through the worst of the virginia fighting. these confederate soldiers had never iron a shot -- fired a shot in anger. this was a new exper

a baltimore pd leadership coming to wilmington. you said reduces violent crime would be a top priority for you and you would review the funding mechanisms in available resources. will you commit to ensuring federal resources continue to assist cities like wilmington who have partnered and shown themselves to be good partnerships. >> i knew john from baltimore and i worked with the department in the vrn rolout and am pleased that it was successful. and i think that really is an important fu important opportunity for cities. bring best practices to local jurisdictions because we have a lot of extraordinarily committed law enforcement officers out there, police chiefs and sheriffs who welcome the assistance. somebody who can come in and take a fresh look and ideas. i support that problem. we have a symposium next week that is part of our violent crime initiative and i do intend to make that a priority. >> thank you. and anything we can do to partner in my home state that continued to see sustained elevated sub bornly difficult levels

i'm very pleased the program was effective in wilmington. we are funding, or requesting funding of $5 million for the national crime reduction assistance network. that's an important opportunity for cities to consultant with the department and researchers. people who have proven track records and can bring best practices to local jurisdiction. we have a lot of extraordinarily committed law enforcement officers out there, police chiefs and sheriffs who welcome the assistance. the insights that can be provided by somebody who takes a fresh look and brings ideas that may be working other places. i strongly support that program. we have a symposium maybe even next week, that is part of our violent crime initiative. and i do intend to make that a priority. >> thank you. and anything we can do to appropriately partner between federal law enforcement and some of the municipalities that see sustained elevated stubbornly difficult levels of crime, if anything they've gotten worse in the last year. we've dedicated law enforcement officers, and our pre

they realized that to stop the war wilmington had to be captured. lincoln later told grant that he was going to have to capture fort fisher because the country would not allow another failure. a new commander was chosen. in januaryn here 1865. there is a three day bombardment of this fortification. the largest naval bombardment of the american civil war. they would then launch a two-pronged attack. the navy doesn't want to be left out of the honor of capturing fort fisher. and attempt to use marines navy landing personnel on the beach. over the river road. they have a brand-new strategy to let the army pounded the fort into submission. they targeted specific locations, gun chambers, palisade walls. into the wall so that when the army attacks, they dge atrun through the bri the front of the fort or through the swamp and the holes in the wall. there were about 3000 federal troops who were battle hardened, and then through the worst of the virginia fighting. these confederate soldiers had never iron a shot -- fired a shot in anger. this was a new exper

that was only about six weeks after the fall wilmington. most historians focus their or inion on virginia terms of the seaport in charleston. wilmington played an incredibly important role during the war. not many people know about fort anderson. they hear about the forts guarding wilmington during the civil war, to hear about fort fisher and understandably so. the site of the two largest naval bombardments of the war, the largest amphibian operation in american history up until world war ii. we have this great earthen fort that is very important in guarding the city. we are here at the historic site of the national trust for historic preservation. the draytons were an important south carolina family. they play critical roles in the formation and development of the colony of south carolina. and in the formation of the nation itself. in fact, if you follow their trajectory through the 19th century, you will see the different descendents came apart as well. the family allows us to follow both the birth and development of the carolina colony,