. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . oton duty retired to rest. Having accompanied Captain Cooke as avolunteer aide, and feeling intensely dissatis-fied with the apparent intention of lying atanchor all that night, and believing that itwas then or never with the ram if she wasto accomplish anything, and that it wouldbe foolhardy to attempt the passage of theobstructions and batteries in the day-time,I requested permission to make a per-sonal investigation. Captain Cooke cordiallyassenting, and Pilot John Luck and two ofthe few experienced seamen on board volun-teering their ser
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . oton duty retired to rest. Having accompanied Captain Cooke as avolunteer aide, and feeling intensely dissatis-fied with the apparent intention of lying atanchor all that night, and believing that itwas then or never with the ram if she wasto accomplish anything, and that it wouldbe foolhardy to attempt the passage of theobstructions and batteries in the day-time,I requested permission to make a per-sonal investigation. Captain Cooke cordiallyassenting, and Pilot John Luck and two ofthe few experienced seamen on board volun-teering their services, we set forth in a smalllifeboat, taking with us a long pole, and arriv-ing at the obstructions proceeded to takesoundings. To our great joy it was ascer-tained that there was ten feet of water overand above the obstructions. This was due tothe remarkable freshet then prevailing; theproverbial oldest inhabitant said, after-wards, that such high water had never beforebeen seen in Roanoke River. Pushing ondown the stream to Plymouth, and taking. C. W. I-LUSSEK, U. S. N. THE CAREER OF THE ALBEMARLEr 423
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