Se Ee iS Rm AFORE LENT IEF ION I RAID ME AR SAEED ASS PES BALAI iS CONFEDERATE VESSELS INN. C. 30 APRIL, 1864. INLAND WATERS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNDER COMMANDER R. F. PINKNEY. Albemarle,—Iron-clad sloop, two guns, Commander J. W. Cooke. Neuse*,—Iron-clad sloop, two guns, First Lieutenant B. P. Loyall. CAPE FEAR RIVER, UNDER FLAG OFFICER W. F. LYNCH. North Carolina,—Iron-clad sloop, four guns, Commander W. L. Maury. Raleigh,—Iron-clad sloop, four guns, First Lieutenant J. Pembroke Jones. Arctic,—Floating battery, three guns, First Lieutenant OC. B. Poindexter. Yadkin,—Steam gun-boat, one gun, First Lieutenant W. A. Kerr. Two torpedo boats at Wilmington under construction. (9 Off. Rec. Union and Confed. Navies, 809.) *Later the Neuse was commanded by Commander Joseph Price, a na- tive North Carolinian who distinguished himself in the capture of the Water- Witch in Ossabaw Sound, 3 June, 1864, for which he received his promotion to Commander.—Eb.