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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 94 (search)
that Newbern would be attacked when the ram was done. General Hoke said it was a pity they had not waited for the ram, as Newbern might have been taken without trouble. General Hoke placed three hundred men at work on the iron-clad. On the ninth of March he wrote, viz: I have laid your previous despatches before General Halleck, and he tells me that he knows of no troops that can be spared for our Department; so we must work along as we are. Major-General Butler wrote, February twentieth, in response to this and much more information, viz: I don't believe in the iron-clad. On the ninth of March, he wrote as follows: With the force you have, we shall expect you to hold North Carolina against all comers. Don't let the army get frightened at the ram, she must have at least two feet of water to float in, and with proper vigilance you can take care of her. This command has been depleted from time to time, until on the (lay of the attack at Plymouth, there
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Iron-clads. (search)
that Newbern would be attacked when the ram was done. General Hoke said it was a pity they had not waited for the ram, as Newbern might have been taken without trouble. General Hoke placed three hundred men at work on the iron-clad. On the ninth of March he wrote, viz: I have laid your previous despatches before General Halleck, and he tells me that he knows of no troops that can be spared for our Department; so we must work along as we are. Major-General Butler wrote, February twentieth, in response to this and much more information, viz: I don't believe in the iron-clad. On the ninth of March, he wrote as follows: With the force you have, we shall expect you to hold North Carolina against all comers. Don't let the army get frightened at the ram, she must have at least two feet of water to float in, and with proper vigilance you can take care of her. This command has been depleted from time to time, until on the (lay of the attack at Plymouth, there
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 140 (search)
of February nineteenth, the general ordered his command to be in readiness, with several days' cooked rations, for a forward movement from Barber's Station, thirty-two miles from Jacksonville, on the Florida Central railroad. At daybreak, February twentieth, the command took its line of march on the road to Sanderson, with its cavalry brigade and Elder's battery, under command of Colonel Guy Henry, in the advance. Passing Sanderson, the general commanding was informed, that we should meet the his immediate commander, not approving of his surgeon leaving just then, the General cancelled the request, for some days, when at 10 P. M., the command was ordered to have cooked rations prepared, and be ready for the march at daybreak of February twentieth (Saturday). I repeat, I am too far from any necessity of an excuse on my part, and shall, therefore, confine myself to facts. It is a fact that the number of ambulances in the command was twelve; and that the most necessary supplies of