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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding armies of the United States, of operations march, 1864-May, 1865. (search)
een making strenuous exertions to seal the harbor of Wilmington, but with only partial effect. The nature of the outlet of Cape Fear River was such that it required watching for so great'a distance that, without possession of the land north of New Inlet or Fort Fisher, it was impossible for the navy to entirely close the harbor against the entrance of blockade-runners. To secure the possession of this land required the co-operation of a land force, which I agreed to furnish. Immediately commedition off without any delay, with or without the powder-boat, had been urged upon General Butler, and he advised to so notify Admiral Porter. The expedition finally got off on the 13th of December, and arrived at the place of rendezvous (off New Inlet, near Fort Fisher) on the evening of the 15th. Admiral Porter arrived on the evening of the 18th, having put in at Beaufort to get ammunition for the monitors. The sea becoming rough, making it difficult to land troops, and the supply of water
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, September (search)
September 28. The rebel steamer Sunbeam was captured off New Inlet by the United States gunboats State of Georgia and Mystic, while attempting to run the blockade at Wilmington, N. C. She had a cargo of gunpowder and brandy, valued at a quarter of a million dollars. Three companies of Union cavalry and a battery of two brass howitzers, under the command of Colonel Charles C. Dodge, made a reconnoissance from Suffolk, Va., to a point on the Blackwater River, twenty-five miles distant, putting a body of rebel infantry to flight after a sharp engagement.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, December (search)
December 3. Major A. P. Henry, with a party of National troops, belonging to the Ninety-first Indiana infantry and Fifteenth Kentucky cavalry, entered and took possession of Princeton, Ky., at eight o'clock this morning, capturing a number of guerrillas and other persons inimical to the Government of the United States.--The schooners Emma Tuttle, Brilliant, and J. P. Boker were captured while attempting to run the blockade; the first two at New Inlet, and the last at Deep Inlet, N. C. A series of skirmishes occurred near Oxford, Miss., between a brigade of Union troops under the command of Colonel Hatch, and a considerable force of the rebels, resulting in the capture by the Unionists of ninety-two prisoners, and the killing and wounding of twenty of their number.--Cincinnati Commercial.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, July (search)
ston from the seat of war.--Brigadier-General Innis N. Palmer was ordered to the command of the Eighteenth army corps at Newbern, N. C., and of the posts and districts occupied by that corps.--at Lynchburgh, Va., the rebel government officials were busily engaged in pressing horses for artillery service in General Lee's army. The pressure was general, exempting only the horses in the employment of the government and those belonging to countrymen.--the British ship Banshee was captured off New Inlet, N. C.--Queen Victoria's speech, delivered to Parliament to-day, contained the following: The civil war between the Northern and Southern States of the American Union still unfortunately continues, and is necessarily attended with much evil, not only to the contending parties, but also to nations which have taken no part in the conflict. Her Majesty, however, has seen no reason to depart from the strict neutrality which Her Majesty has observed from the beginning of the contest. --C
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 35: operations of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1863. (search)
oing into Wilmington, was driven on Smith's Island Beach by the gun-boat Penobscot, but was eventually floated off by the enemy, and towed under the batteries at New Inlet. Early in the morning of the 1st of August, the blockading vessels, James Adger, Mount Vernon and Iroquois, approached, and the Mount Vernon, discovering the Fort Fisher (which had not at that time assumed such formidable proportions as it did later on). The Confederates were at this time towing the Kate in towards New Inlet, and Commander Patterson, in the James Adger, was ordered to assist the Mount Vernon in cutting her out, and prevent her reaching the protection of the batterieslf went alongside, and sent another party on board at the same time. A hawser was made fast to the prize, and she was towed out. The Confederate batteries at New Inlet opened with great vigor, and a masked battery of Whitworth guns on Smith's Island kept up a furious fire. The enemy did not seem to be particular in his aim, as
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 17: Fort Fisher. (search)
see there a single vessel that belonged to Admiral Porter's fleet. I think all the difference between General Butler and Admiral Porter as to the time we sailed is at that one point. Admiral Porter did not know that our transports went up the bay, but supposed they went right out to sea. Thence he says that General Butler started before he did. That, I think, is the cause of difference between them on that point. It was arranged that we should meet the naval fleet twenty-five miles off New Inlet. See Appendix No. 116. But in order not to arouse any suspicion in regard to Wilmington, and in order that, if it became necessary, we might land at Masonboroa Inlet, which is eighteen miles above Fort Fisher, my fleet was ordered to rendezvous and did rendezvous off Masonboroa Inlet, but far out at sea that they might not be seen. Admiral Porter was notified of this, so that he understood it. My transport fleet arrived off Masonboroa Inlet the night of Thursday, the 15th of Decembe
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
f which you will be duly notified, the steam be run down as low as possible, and the fires drawn. I hear the rebels have only a small garrison at the forts at New Inlet. I don't know how true it is. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, David D. Porter, Rear-Admiral. Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, Fn. C. D. Comstock, Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, Fort Fisher Expedition, p. 83. After we had spent those three days of good weather off New Inlet in perfect readiness to make the attack if the navy had been ready, in the afternoon of the third day Admiral Porter arrived. He ordered the powder-boat to be tmiral Porter left with the naval squadron the day previous, and as soon as possible after the storm. We were exceedingly fortunate in our weather, and lay off New Inlet on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in very smooth water and pleasant weather. The admiral arrived on Sunday evening from Beaufort, having been detained there from
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
, 464-465; sends expedition under Admiral Reynaud, 490-491. Nashville, General Thomas at, 655; Buel's headquarters at, 872; Grant consults with Buel at, 873-875. Nassau, expert pilots at, 849. National Convention, Butler delegate to, 981. Nelson, Judge, of Tennessee, counsel for President Johnson, 929-930. New Berne,North Carolina, occupied by Union forces, 617; attacked, 618; yellow fever at, 411-412. New Hampshire, early settlers of,[35, 41; law of primogeniture, 48. New Inlet, Butler to meet naval fleet off, 786. New Kent Court-House, Butler meets Kilpatrick at, 621. Newmarket Heights, the attack and capture of, 731, 733; Butler's motive in making attack, 742; negro soldiers receive medal for bravery, 742-743. New Orleans, Butler's father in war of 1812 at, 42; True Delta suspended for refusing to print orders, 377; editorial extract from, 394-395; orders published in, 513; reference to, 694, 943; Butler receives vote of thanks for services, 878; Butle
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 27: (search)
h mingled pride and grief, we gave her to the flames. The Story of the Confederate Ship Virginia, by William Norris, Colonel Signal Corps, Confederate Army. At Wilmington, North Carolina, the Southwest bar was defended by Fort Caswell, and New Inlet bar by Fort Fisher. The naval defenses consisted of two ironclads, the North Carolina and the Raleigh. The former could not cross any of the bars in consequence of her draught of water. Her steam-power hardly gave propulsion. She sank during the war off Smithville. The Raleigh's services were almost valueless in consequence of her deep draught and her feeble steam-power. She made one futile trip out of New Inlet, and after a few hours attempted to return, but was wrecked upon the bar. The brave and invincible defense of Fort Sumter gave to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, additional lustre. For four years that fort, located in its harbor, defied the army and navy of the United States. When the city was about to be ab
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 120 (search)
een making strenuous exertions to seal the harbor of Wilmington, but with only partial effect. The nature of the outlet of Cape Fear river was such that it required watching for so great a distance that, without possession of the land north of New Inlet, or Fort Fisher, it was impossible for the navy to entirely close the harbor against the entrance of blockade-runners. To secure the possession of this land required the cooperation of a land force, which I agreed to furnish. I immediately ion off without delay, with or without the powder-boat, had been urged upon General Butler, and he advised to so notify Admiral Porter. The expedition finally got off on the thirteenth of December, and arrived at the place of rendezvous, off New Inlet, near Fort Fisher, on the evening of the fifteenth. Admiral Porter arrived on the evening of the eighteenth, having put in at Beaufort to get ammunition for the monitors. The sea becoming rough, making it difficult to land troops, and the supp
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