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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 72 (search)
Fort by any other means than by landing an army on Morris Island. He agreed with General Scott that an entrance from the sea was impossible; but as we looked out upon the water from the parapet, it seemed very feasible, more especially as we heard the oars of a boat near the Fort, which the sentry hailed, but we could not see her through the darkness until she almost touched the landing. I found the garrison getting short of supplies, and it was agreed that I might report that the fifteenth of April, at noon, would be the period beyond which he could not hold the Fort unless supplies were furnished. I made no arrangements with Major Anderson for reenforcing or supplying the Fort, nor did I inform him of my plan. Upon my return, I had the honor to be called frequently before the President, and in the presence of different members of his cabinet, to answer the objections presented by Lieutenant-General Scott and the military authorities; but as my project simply involved passi
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 89 (search)
oward Alexandria, against the advice or without the approval of the naval officers in command, or until after the departure of every vessel in the river, is without the slightest color of truth. In my interview with Admiral Porter on the fifteenth of April, he expressed the utmost confidence that the river would rise, and gave me no intimation of his leaving Grand Ecore, nor of the proposed withdrawal of his vessels, nor of his apprehensions of the retreat of the army. I gave him at that timpleted, preparations were made for the return of the fleet, which was then unable to pass below the falls. From the difficulty which the supply transports had encountered in passing the falls, it was known at Grand Ecore, as early as the fifteenth of April, that the navy could not go below, and the means of its release were freely discussed among officers of the army. During the campaign at Port Hudson, the steamers Starlight and Red Chief were captured by Grierson's Illinois cavalry under c