. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . f the .lames. General Grant, as will bo remembered, endorsed this report of GeneralButlers as follows: AMERICAN HEROISM. 729 Headquarters Armies of the United States, I(iiv Point, January 7. L865. \ To avoid publicity of the time of sailing and destination of the expedition againstFort Fisher, mv orders to General Butler to prepare it were given verbally, and the instruc-tion- to the commanding officers of the expedition were made by
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . f the .lames. General Grant, as will bo remembered, endorsed this report of GeneralButlers as follows: AMERICAN HEROISM. 729 Headquarters Armies of the United States, I(iiv Point, January 7. L865. \ To avoid publicity of the time of sailing and destination of the expedition againstFort Fisher, mv orders to General Butler to prepare it were given verbally, and the instruc-tion- to the commanding officers of the expedition were made by him and submitted to append to the report a copy of General Butlers instructions to Genera] Weitzel, togetherwith copies of my dispatches and instructions to Genera] Butler relating to the will be perceived that it was never contemplated that General Butler should accompanythe expedition, but that Major-General Weitzel was especially named as the commander of it. My hopes of success rested entirely on our ability to capture Fort Fisher, and I hadeven a hope of yetting Wilmington before the enemy could get troops there to oppose Explosion of the Powder Boat. I knew that the enemy had taken nearly the entire garrison of Wilmington and its dependen-cies to oppose Sherman. I am inclined to ascribe the delay which has cost us so dearly, toan experiment. I refer to the explosion of gunpowder in the open air. My dispatches to General Butler will show his report to be in error where he statesthat he returned after having effected a landing in obedience to my instructions. On thecontrary, these instructions contemplated uo withdrawal or a failure after a landing was made. I. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. In his report Rear-Admiral Porter also condemned the withdrawal of theland forces and intimated that it was an unnecessary movement. 730 THE STORY OF General Butler was relieved from his command, and General Weitzel wasgiven a furlough. As is known, Major-Genera
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