The Civil War in North Carolina by John G. Barrett

Author:John G. Barrett [Barrett, John G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
ISBN: 9781469639666
Google: sX45DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2017-11-01T22:19:26+00:00

* Fort Campbell was an “earthwork of beautiful proportions” about a mile west of Fort Caswell. J. R. Randall to “Kate,” June 3, 1864, J. R. Randall Papers, SHC. It was also referred to as Battery Campbell. See also James W. Albright Diary, Jan. 22, 1864, SHC.

† A resident of Wilmington called Smithville (present day Southport) a “pretty considerable village having a Court House, Church and Hotel.” The writer was additionally impressed by the large number of beautiful shade trees. J. R. Randall to “Kate,” June 3, 1864, J. R. Randall Papers, SHC.

‡ This installation, also referred to as Fort Pender, was called “one of the prettiest forts on the river.” W. Calder to Mother, Feb. 18, 1864, SHC.

§ In addition to the forts there were numerous batteries along the river. A “ponderous chain” across the Cape Fear and marine torpedoes further strengthened the Wilmington-Cape Fear defenses. J. R. Randall to “Kate,” Feb. 26, Apr. 8, 1864 J. R. Randall Papers, SHC; J. Sprunt, Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River (Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1914), pp. 449–500.

* Another clash between the army and the navy occurred in September, 1864, when the Confederate raiders Tallahassee and Chickamauga were ready to put to sea from Wilmington. General Whiting objected and wrote Governor Vance: “Should they leave on this service [commerce raiding] the few vessels they might destroy would be of little advantage to our cause, while it would excite the enemy to increase the number of blockading squadron. …” Whiting, therefore, wanted the raiders to remain at Wilmington “for the defense of his place.” He kept them there for a while by refusing to turn on the range lights. W. H. C. Whiting to Z. B. Vance, Sept. 26, 1864, Z. B. Vance Papers, NCDAH; G. W. Gift to Ellen Shackelford, Oct. 6, 1864, Ellen S. Gift Papers, SHC.

* Governor Vance regarded the success of the venture of state blockade-running as one of the most important achievements of his administration but considerable controversy developed between him and President Davis over this activity.

* “The Confederacy allowed the states complete freedom to own and use ships for running the blockade; but blockade-runners which were privately owned—as most of them were—or those owned in part by the states, were required to carry one-half their cargoes ‘on Confederate account.’ This policy irritated Vance, who accused the Confederate government of hampering his efforts to supply North Carolina soldiers and citizens with essential goods. He declared that the port of Wilmington was ‘more effectually blockaded from within than from without,’ that the Confederate policy would cause blockade-runners ‘to incur a loss on every voyage,’ and that in respect to the blockade-runners partially owned by the state, he would ‘fire the ships’ rather than submit to the requirement concerning the carriage of a fixed quota of goods for the Confederacy.” Hugh T. Lefler and A. R. Newsome, North Carolina: The History of a Southern State (Chapel Hill: Univ. of N.

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