. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . dition, but subsequently accompanied it in thatcapacity, and on the 9th notified Admiral Por-ter that he was in readiness to move. Owingto stormy weather none of the vessels saileduntil the 12tli, when the transports and smallerwar vessels, about T5 in number, took theirdeparture, followed on the succeeding day bythe New Ironsides and the heavy steam frigates. After careful consideration it was determinedthat of the two entrances to the Cape FearRiver, New Inlet
. The military and naval history of the rebellion in the United States : with biographical sketches of deceased officers . dition, but subsequently accompanied it in thatcapacity, and on the 9th notified Admiral Por-ter that he was in readiness to move. Owingto stormy weather none of the vessels saileduntil the 12tli, when the transports and smallerwar vessels, about T5 in number, took theirdeparture, followed on the succeeding day bythe New Ironsides and the heavy steam frigates. After careful consideration it was determinedthat of the two entrances to the Cape FearRiver, New Inlet could be the more success-fully attacked. The narrow strip of landforming part of the east bank of the Cape , and terminating in Federal Point,otfered, on the whole, better facihties for land-ing troops than any other part of the coast;and the capture of the works which protectedit would not only give to the fleet the com-mand of the river, and thus virtually close theport of Wilmington, but by cutting off FortCaswell, which commands the other mouth ofthe river, would render the possession of that reri .
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