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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 17: Fort Fisher. (search)
hat they had not been injured; because when a gun is injured, you can generally see it from the way in which it stands. The grass slopes of the traverses and of the parapets did not appear broken in the least. The regular shapes of the slopes of the traverses and slopes of the parapets were not disturbed. I did not see a single opening in the row of palisades that was in front of the ditch, it seemed to me perfectly intact. From all the information which I gained on my first visit to New Inlet, as from what I saw on this reconnoissance, together with the information that I had obtained from naval officers who had been on the blockade there for over two years, I was convinced that Fort Fisher was a regular bastioned work; the relief was very high. I had been told by deserters from it that the ditch was about twenty feet wide and six feet deep, and that it was crossed by a bridge. I saw the traverses between each pair of guns, and was perfectly certain within my own mind that th
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
opening in the row of palisades that was in front of the ditch; it seemed to me perfectly intact. From all the information which I gained on my first visit to New Inlet, from what I saw on this reconnoissance, together with the information that I had obtained from naval officers who had been on the blockade there for over two ye-six hours start, at 12 o'clock noon of the 14th, Wednesday, I joined the transport fleet off Cape Henry, and put to sea, arriving at the place of rendezvous off New Inlet, near Fort Fisher, on the evening of the 15th, Thursday. We there waited for the navy Friday, the 16th, Saturday, the 17th, and Sunday, the 18th, during whichto fight only one division of guns at a time. [no. 141. see pages 810 and 818.] North Atlantic Squadron, United States flag-Ship Malvern, at sea, off New Inlet, North Carolina, Dec. 26. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: . . . At daylight, on the 24th, the fleet got under way, and stood in, in line of battle. At 11.