February 4-6, 1865: Cushing Leads Expedition to Little River, SC, and Shallotte Inlet, NC

FEBRUARY 4TH TO 6TH, 1865:  A boat expedition under Lieutenant Cushing, USS Monticello, proceeded up Little River, South Carolina, (on the SC-NC border) placing the small town of All Saints Parish under guard and capturing a number of Confederate soldiers.

On the 5th, Cushing destroyed some $15,000 worth of cotton.

The next day, he sent two boats under Acting Master Charles A. Pettit, to Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina, (oalso on the SC-NC border) where they surprised a small force of Confederates collecting provisions for the troops at Fort Anderson below Wilmington.

The Southerners reported that troops previously stationed at Shallotte Inlet had been ordered to Fort Anderson; there the Southerners hoped to stall the Army-Navy movement against Wilmington.

--Old B-R'er