Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-05-05
In THE NICK OF TIME.
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR Hl7HEp-
TO NOT PUBLISHED.

story OF the First Expedition to Fort Fish
ho sailing Master of the Ella
Knight Tried to Deliver His Charre n
/ the Enemy.
On the first expedition to Fort Fisher
captured blockade runner called tbo
L4a Knight was used as a goyernment
transport. Iho cargo of this vessel wos
Ai9H5 battery e, Third United States
artlIlery, and the Sixteenth New York
independent Light battery. About 100
horses, ~ tleldpieces, IL caissons and
!" ~, Iinioer chests made valuable cargo.
1ho sailing masters name was Al.
ans but as we sailed under sealed on
u'rS TO be opened off Cape Henry light.
no"So, the ranking military officer
ABOARD, who held these orders, bcco,no
i,'HA4hs or commanding officer of tbo
hn1p. inns officer was First Lio1tonar+ |
j., H. Myricll of Light Battery u. TbirI
united states artillery.
Adams, Baltimore man bayi,a s,,,,,
!Hu,'ehce' was appointed sailing mosto,
III the United States TRANSPORT fleet To
was u genuine Confederate at heart and
n an' IN MS mind way to help the Con.
lederacy, which was to await bic ~.
poltunlty and run the first good CARGO
IN hls charge into the Confodorata7,,
hands. 1''oi" tcs
AS q signal the flagship fired y a,n
over tho waters of Hampton Ro,6, a, WI
' 'no transport fleet of the first cypodtjon
" outside lights, sailed ont ir+o !
I a uaiAhess OF nighttime the broad !
Ahe Ella Knight was not the last to
'each Cape Henry lighthouse but whon >.
'no oiu Inc sealed orders were onoued II
ma Adams was advised of tbe shin,s 81
lestlnation-Fort Fisher. '-''p o W
soon after turning southwark sro,u W
, 4np' Henry the wind began to blow re 1
nonsly 1lom the south. The sea Ie. cI
a All, extremely rough, the decks varo &C
10 ana slippery and the horses, eta11s an
ave ave, way. The horses began 70 slido tn
AZ 'eh ana forth on deck, so heavy vsro ca
10 lunses and rolls of the shin At tho ny
me tlmo the guns began to rdil ON t tho OF
'per deck. Ropes woro proaprod ., Wy LII
G guns lashod through the ,vbon1" ''4 ~ sin
10 thra,,-, - VIZ ucck ana knocking q e
, Nc through the transport'asidcs Tben voc
pus were stretched lcngthwjsc .rd OF
F lI the center of the deck and s """ 1er'
$780,, 'i'',oS cFosswlso to help support tho ,he
i9eS but many woro killed and utI, ,na rno the
lbled. anu many ana
1 at1'' 'lhlo past midnight Adams attl
1Iy turned tho ship to the north and and
aaed with the wind Then nt tb tn a ana H
~ -" 4 hours ne turned tho ship south MS
H. His orders were to keen w i4utn corr
10 ,; or the transport fleet, but w ,'h, fity
ilsh5 came no transport fleet w nni III oxer
~ u, llo gave as his excuse that if tb 20 but
- . engines were weak and that w. had
II nUt make tho speed renpirsd , ~ shap
q, " Knew that the Ella Kniaht petit
. " l'l"' ship and fro,s that tinn -, Nerv
,now mat Adams was q n,nn ,,h w. as al
/" stand Watching. 'A W nv else,
'no middle Of the ,lay fine .,o..,, rosul
l""sed over and Adams took - , rn'.,' ter ca
p III, Cape llattoras. North Cnr" to rul
o,,t ln , we continued our ionrnor with
ou n much of interest until I n"arl;, cases
s ,,. inc next morning. 'nellto
was quiet aboard tbe trons.o.. and III