Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Cape Fear River” in chapter 11 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:
...North Carolina, had two entrances available for vessels of not more than twelve feet draft, and therefore two blockading squadrons were maintained.
Fort Caswell guarded the southern entrance to the Cape Fear River , and Fort Fisher the northern.
The Navy Department of the Federal Government had been anxious from the opening of the war to reduce these defenses, but this could only be done by a combined army an...
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