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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
come we can take possession; we have set them on fire, blown some of them up, and all that is wanted now is troops to land to go into them. I suppose General Butler will be here in the morning. We have had very heavy gales here, which tugs, monitors, and all rode out at their anchors. The transports have gone into Beaufort, North Carolina. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, David D. Porter. [no. 143. see page 819.] North Atlantic Squadron, flag-Ship Malvern, Jan. 2, 1865. . . . Fire deliberately. Fill the vessels up with every shell they can carry, and fire to dismount the guns, and knock away the traverses. The angle near the ships has heavy casemates; knock it away. Concentrate fire always on one point. With the guns disabled, the fort will soon be ours. . . . David D. Porter, Rear-Admiral, Commanding North Atlantic Squadron. Conduct of the War, No. 5, p. 196. North Atlantic Squadron, flag-Ship Malvern, Jan. 9, 1865. . . . If practicable, t