APRIL 13TH, 1865: After Appomattox, Confederate resistance elsewhere rapidly gave way. From the North Carolina Sounds, Commander Macomb reported: "The rebels have evacuated Weldon, burning the bridge, destroying the ram at Edwards Ferry, and throwing the guns at rainbow Bluff into the river.
"Except for torpedoes the [Roanoke] river is therefore clear for navigation. The floating battery I informed you in my No. 144, has got adrift from Halifax and been blown up by one of their own torpedoes."
--Old B-R'er
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