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The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Yankee press on. The Wilmington failure. (search)
of distinguishing himself. Yet the fleet did such tremendous work, and seemingly with so much of success, so far as its share of the engagement was concerned, that the public will be apt to cast the odium of failure on General Butler and his advisers. [from the New York times's Correspondent.] Too much dependence was placed on the probable disastrous results to the enemy of the gunpowder explosion. It was believed by those who planned the matter that every gun in the vicinity of Cape Fear would be dismounted by the concussion. I believe the navy had nothing to do with originating the scheme. At any rate, it was a foolish and expensive experiment, which produced no good and brought much evil. After the transports had taken their sudden departure from the scene of action, Admiral Porter declared that he would take Fort Fisher with the navy alone. He is sanguine that the work can be taken if he only goes to work in the right manner. The problem is yet to be solved.