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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 50: Second attack on Fort Fisher. (search)
tenant Preston that they were not expected to join in the assault, I know of scarcely any who had arms that did not join it. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, K. R. Breese, Fleet-Captain. Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding North Atlantic Squadron. Dispatch of Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, transmitting report of fleet-captain K. R. Breese, in regard to the deaths of Lieutenants Porter and Preston. North Atlantic Squadron, U. S. Flag-Ship Malvern, Cape Fear River, February 1, 1865. Sir — I inclose a communication from my fleet-captain, Lieutenant-Commander K. R. Breese, in relation to the lamented Lieutenants Preston and Porter, who fell together before the walls of Fort Fisher, and while trying to plant the Union colors on the enemy's ramparts. No eulogy passed upon these two gallant men could do them full justice. To me they had both endeared themselves by their noble qualities, and in their deaths I feel as if I had lost two members of my own family. The