Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . the British under Gen-eral Wemyss, which was fought Nov. 12,1780, and resulted in an American victory. Fisher, Fort, an extensive earthwork ona point of sandy land between the CapeFear Eiver at its mouth and the ocean, The powder-ship was the Louisiana, a pro-peller of 295 tons, having an iron was disguised as a have the powder above the water-line,a light deck was built for the this was first placed a row of barrelsof powder, standing on en
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . the British under Gen-eral Wemyss, which was fought Nov. 12,1780, and resulted in an American victory. Fisher, Fort, an extensive earthwork ona point of sandy land between the CapeFear Eiver at its mouth and the ocean, The powder-ship was the Louisiana, a pro-peller of 295 tons, having an iron was disguised as a have the powder above the water-line,a light deck was built for the this was first placed a row of barrelsof powder, standing on end, the upperone open. The remainder of the pow-der was in canvas bags, holding about60 lbs. each, the whole being storedas represented in the engraving, in whichthe form of the vessel is also whole weight of the powder was 215tons. To communicate fire to the wholemass simultaneously, four separate threadsof the Gomez fuse were woven through it,passing through each separate barrel andbag. At the stern and under the cabinwas a heap of pine wood (H) and othercombustibles, which were to be fired by. the land-face occupying the whole widthof the cape known as Federal Point, andarmed with twenty heavy guns. Allalong the land-front (1864) was a stock-ade, and on the sea-front were the wrecksof several blockade-runners. It was latein 1864 when an attempt was made toclose the port of Wilmington against Eng-lish blockade-runners by capturing thisfort and its dependencies. The expeditionsent against the fort consisted of a power-ful fleet under Admiral Porter and a landforce under the immediate command ofGen. Godfrey Weitzel, of the Army of theJames, accompanied by Gen. B. F. Butleras commander of that army. The wholeforce was gathered in Hampton Roadsearly in December. The troops consistedof General Amess division of the 24thArmy Corps and General Paines divisionof the 25th (colored) Corps. The war-vessels were wooden ships, iron-clads,monitors, gunboats, and a powder-shi
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