March 10, 1865: Operating Out of New Bern

MARCH 10TH, 1865:  The Federals had long held New Bern, 80 air miles northeast of Wilmington (but some three times that by water), near where the Neuse River  abruptly narrows from a main arm of Pamlico Sound.

The city was a gateway for another supply route from the sea for General Sherman's route north to unite with General Grant.

This date, at the request of the Army, a small naval force got underway up the river to cut a pontoon bridge the Confederates were reported building below Kinston.

--Old B-Runner