. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Secretary of War, l)y ^vhom it was also ap-proved. The general details of the plan were brieflyas follows: To organize a di^ision of from 12,00()to 15,000 men, mainly from States bordering on theNorthern sea-coast, many of whom would be famil-iar with the coasting trade, and among whom wouldbe found a goodly number of mechanics; and to titout a fleet of light-ch-aught steamers, sailing barges, large enough to transport the (.iivision,its armament and supplies, so that
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Secretary of War, l)y ^vhom it was also ap-proved. The general details of the plan were brieflyas follows: To organize a di^ision of from 12,00()to 15,000 men, mainly from States bordering on theNorthern sea-coast, many of whom would be famil-iar with the coasting trade, and among whom wouldbe found a goodly number of mechanics; and to titout a fleet of light-ch-aught steamers, sailing barges, large enough to transport the (.iivision,its armament and supplies, so that it could be rap-idly thrown from point to point on the coast AAntha view to establishing lodgments on the Southerncoast, landing troops, and penetrating into theinterior, thereby threatening the lines of trans-portation in the rear of the main army then J This paper was read liy Goneral Bunisiile lieforo tho Soldiers andSailors Historical Society of Rhode Island. July 7th. ISSO, snd isincluded here l)y permission of tlie Society, the text heinc somewhatabridged to conform to the plan of this work.— rMK<inM OF THE 1ST RItOI»K ISLASD, , A K. BIRNSinV:. WHICH SERVKD .VT THE OF BfLL nrx. (SEE THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. 661 concentratiug in Virginia, aud holdiug possession of the inland waters on theAtlantic coast. After the approval of the plan, I was ordered to New York to fit out thefleet; and on the 23d of October orders were issued establishing my head-quarters for the concentration of the troops of the division at arrived from time to time at Annapolis, and all went well in thecamja, which was established on beautiful grounds just outside the improvement in drill and discipline was very rapid, but atfairs did notprogress so smoothly at the headquarters in New York. There was greatdifficulty in procuring vessels of a light draught, almost everything of thatsort having already been called into service; but after much
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