Curious Tales From Old Wilmington And The Lower Cape Fear River

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Excerpt from Tales and Traditions of the Lower Cape Fear: 1661-1896 Colonial Governor Tryon's Palace - Scene of the First Outbreak of the Revolutionary War Ruins of Brunswick Ruins of St. Philip's Church Colonial Ferry and Inn Confederate Fortifications Fort Anderson A Colonial Fort Fort Fisher Description of Situation Land Face of Fort Fisher. Sea Face of Fort Fisher The Fort Fisher Fight' Craig's Landing The Heroine of Confederate Point Butler's Powder Ship The Rocks - Closure of the Inlet Battery Lamb - Confederate Salt Works Snow Marsh - Dredging Steamer Cape Fear Price's Creek Lighthouse Confederate States Signal Station Wilmington and Charleston Mail Boats Cape Fear Quarantine Station Southport - Governor Smith - Cape Fear Pilots Bald Head Pirates Fort Caswell. Evacuation and Explosion of Fort Caswell War Department records-forts Johnston and Caswell Fort Johnston, North Carolina. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ... Pilots in a Storm. C*l *% XjiQitE have referred to the hard life of these toilers of the sea, who often win their bread at the risk of their lives. Before the recent change in the method of boarding inward-bound vessels, pilotage business was open to general competition, and as about sixty licensed men depended upon their profession for a living, many of them took their lives in their hands and cruised in frail boats and heavy weather for fifty and a hundred miles at sea, searching for vessels in need of their assistance. We illustrate some of the hardships to which they were exposed by the following thrilling story of the great storm in 1877 by Colonel Waddell, which will doubtless be read with interest: "On April 12th, 1877, one of the most terrific storms that ever visited the North Carolina coast began and lasted for three days, culminating on the 15th off Cape Fear. It was fearfully destructive to life and property, wrecking many ships with their crews and cargoes, and burying them beneath the waves. One large three-masted vessel broke up and parts of her drifted into Smithville Bay, a prize for the wreckers, which not only illustrated the force of the Storm, but was a curiosity in the strength of its structure. ' All her bolts," said one who examined pieces of the wreck, 'are brass, four, six and even eight feet long; the knees are solid iron and the outside planking six inches through and of stout pine' ." There were two Smithville pilot-boats, the Mary K. Sprunt and the Uriah Tiramons, cruising off the coast at the time the storm commenced, and finding it impossible to make a harbor, they were compelled to stand off and try to weather it out. The Mary K. Sprunt had a crew of five men, viz: Christopher Pinner, Robert...

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Full campaign and battle history of the largest combined operation in U.S. military history prior to World War II. By late 1864, Wilmington was the last major Confederate blockade-running seaport open to the outside world. The final battle for the port city's protector--Fort Fisher--culminated in the largest naval bombardment of the American Civil War, and one of the worst hand-to-hand engagements in four years of bloody fighting. Copious illustrations, including 54 original maps drawn by the author. Fresh new analysis on the fall of Fort Fisher, with a fascinating comparison to Russian defenses at Sebastopol during the Crimean War.