NOVEMBER 20TH, 1864: Rear Admiral Porter directed Commander Macomb to send the USS Louisiana to Beaufort, N.C.. The Louisiana was to become the powder ship which Porter and General Butler hoped to use to level Fort Fisher and obviate the need for a direct attack on the big sand fort.
The hope was that the concussion from a huge explosion might knock down the ramparts of the fort.
Early in December, she was taken to Hampton Roads, where she was partially stripped and loaded with explosives.
--Old B-R'er
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