From Civil War Interactive. A great source for anything going on with the old war. I especially like their headlines for the This Day in History section where they always beginning each word with the same letter. That has to take a while to figure out.
SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 1865
Fort Fisher Fleet Forming Fast (What'd I Tell You)
Butler had been replaced with the much more capable general terry and plans for the next attack were underway fast. A big fleet consisting of half warships and half transports had left Beaufort and today were at their rendezvous point off Beaufort, NC. Several ships were tardy arriving from mechanical problems. The rendezvous had been arranged because of the possibility of bad weather this time of the year, but such was not the case as good weather was holding.
The Garrison Could Have Used a Good Storm. --Old B-Runner
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