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Chapter 22
Planning the first Fort Fisher expedition
Grant's aversion to Liars
reminiscences of Grant's cadet life
Grant orders sending their reserves to confront Sherman, and the garrison of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, North Carolina, was largely reduced for the sa and of General Weitzel, to cooperate with the fleet in capturing Fort Fisher, the formidable earthwork which constituted the main defense of s to load a vessel with powder, tow it up as near as possible to Fort Fisher, and explode it, in the hope of shaking up the fort so seriously ons that Admiral Porter and General Butler are making to blow up Fort Fisher, and which, while I hope for the best, I do not believe a partic rt, Butler's expedition had not yet got off from Fort Monroe for Fort Fisher.
This gave the general-in-chief anxiety for the reason that new he enemy were driven from Savannah, troops would be sent back to Fort Fisher, and that garrison strengthened sufficiently to make the success
Chapter 23
Senator Nesmith visits Grant
Sherman Reaches the sea
coast
Butler's expedition against Fort Fisher
Grant's children at City Point
Upon the return of General Ingalls from another trip to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these two officers were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1853.
Nesmith was a great wag, and used to sit by the headquar ed that one of General Grant's staff should accompany the expedition, and Colonel Comstock was designated for that duty.
Delay in taking aboard additional supplies, and severe storms, prevented the expedition from beginning operations against Fort Fisher before December 24.
The navy had converted a gunboat, the Louisiana, into a powder-boat.
She was filled with two hundred and fifty tons of powder, and disguised as a blockade-runner.
This vessel was run in toward the beach, anchored about f
Chapter 24
Capture of Fort Fisher
the Dutch Gap Canal
Grant Receives Unasked advice
Grant Relieves Butler
Sherman's loyalty to ate information in regard to the circumstances and conditions at Fort Fisher, he decided to send another expedition, and to put it in charge sure that he would never relinquish his determination to take Fort Fisher, and would immediately take steps to retrieve the failure which nor did he even say whether he would send another expedition to Fort Fisher: but on January 2 he telegraphed to Butler, Please send Major-ge edition.
He said: The object is to renew the attempt to capture Fort Fisher, and in case of success to take possession of Wilmington.
It is trench yourself in a position from which you can operate against Fort Fisher, and not to abandon it until the fort is captured or you receive made to him, beginning with the famous powder-boat sent against Fort Fisher, and closed the conversation by saying: This is a very suggestiv