...d had taken the command from Weitzel, but had devised a new mode of attack upon Fort Fisher. This was to be a disguised blockade runner loaded with 215 tons of gunpowder to be run at night close to Fort Fisher and exploded. It was supposed that this would put the whole fort hors de combat. Gen. Delafield, chief engineer, submitted to the War Department a report on destructive effects of explosions of gun...