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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
ght o'clock that night it was difficult to land the troops, and by ten or twelve o'clock that night it was impossible to land troops there. Q. You did not land all your troops? A. No, sir. Q. About what portion did you land? A. I have nothing official in regard to that, but my opinion is that there were about twenty-three hundred landed. Q. How many troops altogether were with the expedition? A. About sixty-five hundred. [no. 124. see pages 794 and 810.] statement of H C. Whiting. report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, Fort Fisher expedition, p. 106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q. 7, How near did the powder-boat which exploded come to the fort? A. Between twelve (12) and fifteen hundred (1,500) yards, not nearer. Q. 8. Were you in the fort at that time? A. I was not. Q. 9. Was the powder-boat observed; and if so, what, if any, was the effect of the explosion? A. Powder-boat was observed and reported at midnight aground and set on f