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George E. Welles (search for this): chapter 14.97
The Navy at Fort Fisher. by Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Captain, U. S. N.
When the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, recognizing the importance of closing the port of Wilmington, urged upon President Lincoln to direct a cooperation of the army, General Grant was requested to supply the necessary force from the troops about Richmond.
As Fort Fisher lay within the territorial jurisdiction of General Butler, commanding the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the troops were detailed fro