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- Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 [v.5]
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- Date
- 1901
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- Creator
- ["Clark, Walter, 1846-1924."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 [v.5]
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CAPTURE OF THE UNDERWRITER”
NEW BERN, 2 FEBRUARY, 1664.
Bv
В.
P. LOYALL, Commander C. S. N.
After the fall of Roanoke Island in the winter of 1SG2, the
Fed ends had control of the sounds of North Carolina, and of
some of the rivers emptying into them. They had occupied
all (he towns situated on the water, and among them New
Bern, which lies at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent,
rivers, occupying an angle between the two — a place easily
defended by the power having control of the water. They
had built strong earthworks on the land side, stretching from
river to river, and had several gunboats cruising about to pro¬
tect. the place on the water side.
Among these gunboats one was the Unden.rri.ier , which had
been a heavy ocean tugboat at New York, and, purchased by
the United States Government, had been converted into quite
a formidable vessel of war. She was the ship that fired the
first gun in the attack upon Roanoke Island, where the writer
had the misfortune to he captured, and it may be said there
was something like the rule of compensation when he had a
hand in capturing her. She was armed with two 8-inch guns,
one 3-inch rifle and one 1 '2-poimdev howitzer, and had a crew
of about 85 all told. Picture to yourself a steamer about the
size of the Xoiilm
пгр/пп,
with very low guards and stripped
of her sides or bulwarks, except a wooden rail with rope net¬
ting from that to her deck. The quiet possession of Now
Bent by the Fedcrals had distressed and worried the patriotic
people of North Carolina, and Geneva) Hoke, than whom
there was not a more competent or brilliant officer of his rank
in the Confederate army, strongly advocated a quick move¬
ment upon the place by the army, assisted by the navy on the
water, predicting certain success, and large reward in
stores, munitions and prisoners. The matter took definite
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