Fisher was captured. Some of us remember the exultant thrill we felt when the telegraph ?ashed the message to his fellow townsmen, General Terry has taken Fort Fisher, but to the majority of the people in this community that event is now only history. And it is not only our duty but a pleasure from time to time to recall the great deeds of such men, and of those who served under them, that the coming generations may learn to remember and honor them so long as the country which they preserved shall endure. It is not the object of this paper to give an account of the long and arduous service of General 'terry throughout the Civil War and during the reconstruction of the revolted states as military governor of Virginia and also of Georgia, where he was sent to deal with a difficult and critical situation, nor of his later career, during which by his ability and scholarly attainments he rose to the highest place in the esteem of his brother officers. Nor would the prescribed limits of this paper permit it. It is only intended to describe clearly and concisely a great military operation, remarkable for the perfection of its plans in every detail and the celerity and complete ness of its success and also to point out some of the important results that were secured by it. That the capture of Fort Fisher may be fully appreciated and understood a brief survey of the events which preceded and followed it is proper and perhaps necessary.