OCTOBER 6TH, 1864: Concerned about the state of Wilmington's defenses, Major General Whiting wrote Secretary Mallory on 6 October: "It is men and guns that are wanted as well as the ships, not only to man the naval batteries now being substituted for the North Carolina and the Raleigh [beached on May 7, 1864], which were to defend the inner bars, but to guard or picket the entrance and river, a duty devolving upon the Navy, and for which there are neither forts nor vessels here."
An additional ironclad, the CSS Wilmington, was laid down but was never finished because of lack of armor and the end of the war.
--Old B-Runner
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