DECEMBER 27, 1864
At anchor and occasionally shelling the shore between midnight and 4 a.m, in the rear of Federal forces encamped on the beach.
At 6:45 a.m. sent first cutter ashore under the charge of Acting Ensign Beetle, to reembark troops from the shore.
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DECEMBER 28, 1864
At 6:45 a.m. saw a steamer under the beach coming out, and the Moccasin fired a gun. The Emma went to quarters and stood in toward the steamer. Opened fire from our starboard battery and 20-pounder pivot gun. The steamer turned around and went back in again.
This must have been a blockade runner trying to leave. I am not sure if the Emma was back on station off Old Inlet or still north of Fort Fisher.
Thomas Dunn observed five steamers and a schooner lying inside the river.
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant James M. Williams came aboard and assumed command of the USS Emma.
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DECEMBER 29, 1864
At 11:30 a.m. firing guns from Fort Fisher.
--Old B-Runner
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