Editing Second Battle of Fort Fisher (section)

===Union===
{{further|Second Fort Fisher Union order of battle}}

The [[Union Army]]<ref>''Further information:'' [http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/order-battle-federal.htm Organization of Union Forces]</ref> returned in January, this time under Major General [[Alfred Terry]]. Terry was chosen by Lieutenant General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] to lead a provisional corps of 9,000 troops from the [[Army of the James]]. Rear Admiral [[David Dixon Porter|David D. Porter]] returned with almost 60 vessels of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron to the North Carolina coast after the failed December attempt.<ref name="Kennedy, p. 402" />