Occording to John Coski, one of the folks I contacted regarding this state of affairs resulting in the order, reference may be found in:

There are details about the interservice bickering in the OFFICIAL RECORDS as well as in published sources such as John G. Barrett's THE CIVIL WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA, William R. Trotter's IRONCLADS AND COLUMBIADS: THE CIVIL WAR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST, and Dawson Carr's GRAY PHANTOMS OF THE CAPE FEAR: RUNNING THE CIVIL WAR BLOCKADE.

Regards.