 Lee, who had sent him word that he "must hold the fort or he could not subsist his army." — Century War Books. On the morning of the 24th the fleet of Admiral Porter «noved in towards New Inlet and opened fire on the fort. The character of this bombardment,...  The Maine Bugle ... - Page 1691897Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 922 pages
...Rear-Admiral. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUAnRON, US FLAGSHIP MALVERN, Off Wilmington, December 24, 1864. SIR : I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear river this morning at 12.30, and after getting the ships in position, silenced it in about an hour and a... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 902 pages
...Rear-Admiral. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, II. S, FLAGSHIP MALVERN, Off Wilmington, December 24, 1864. SIR : I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear river this morning at 12.30, and after getting the ships in position, silenced it in about an hour and a... | |
 | United States. Navy Department - 1865 - 630 pages
...FISHEK. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, US FLAG-SHIP MALVERN, Off Wilmington, December 24, 1864. k SIR : I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear river this morning at 12.30, and after getting the ships in position, silenced it in about an hour and a... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1865 - 652 pages
...NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, TJ. S. FLAG-SHIP MALVERN, Off Wilmingtun, December 24, 1864. SIR : I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth "t the Cape Fear river this morning at 12.30, and after getting the ships in position, silenced it... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Butler - 1892 - 1252 pages
...WILMINGTON, Dec. 24, 1864. HON. GIDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WASHINGTON, DC : Sir: — I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear Kiver this morning at 12.30, and after getting the ships in position, silenced it in about a/i hour... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1900 - 1124 pages
...attack. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, U. 8. Flagship Malvern, off Wilmington, December 24, 1864. SIB : I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the month of Cape Fear Eiver this morning at 12:30, and after getting the ships in position silenced them... | |
 | Military Historical Society of Massachusetts - 1912 - 642 pages
...fort or he could not subsist his army. On the morning of the 24th the fleet of Admiral Porter moved in towards New Inlet and opened fire on the fort....of the Navy of the 24th of December, 1864, he says : 2 " I have the honor to inform you that I attacked the forts at the mouth of the Cape Fear River... | |
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