Capture of Fort Fisher (Classic Reprint)
(January 15th, 1865. A bout the first of December, 1864, w...)
January 15th, 1865. A bout the first of December, 1864, when in command of the 2d Division, 24th Corps, of the Army of the James, then before Richmond, Va., I was notified I had been selected to lead my division in a movement, by sea, against some point of the Confederacy on the Atlantic coast. At that time Wilmington, N. C, was the port tlirough which the Confederacy received a large part of its munitions of war, and whence was shipped to England, in payment therefor, much of its cotton and tobacco. Wilmington was situated on the east bank of the Cape Fear River, thirty miles from its mouth, which was guarded by Fort Fisher. Our Navy was untiring in its efforts to blockade that port; but was not successful. The order from Gen. Butler to Gen. Weitzel relative to the expedition December 6th, 1864, was: Tlie Major General conmianding has entrusted you with the command of the expedition about to embark for the North Carolina coast. It will consist of 6,500 infantry, two batteries and fifty cavalry. The effective men of Gen. A mess division of the 24th Corps will furnish the infantry force. Gen. Paine is under your orders and Gen. A mes will be ordered to report to you in person immediately. My division, of three brigades, was composed of New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana troops, about 3.300 in number. Gen. Paine had a division of colored troops.
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