Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-12-30
-tormins Of Fort lIcAIIi,ter.

Tee -tormns Of Fort McAllistcr on the
l3,h IF Dee. bv body Of infantry under
the command of Gen. Hazen j. graphically
described by an eye witness, a correspondent
OF sine y Y Hrad:
Learning that Hazen was 70 storm the
fort on the afternoon of the l3ih. visited
the right IF the line, and at one O'Clock ioin-
ed Gems. Sherman and Howard at Dr.
CLeroc' rice mil. on the 0geechee, opposite
Fort McAilistcr. found Sherman on the
roof of the mil. surrounded by hIs staff and
signal officers Blcklcy and Cole, waiting to
communicate with Hazen on the island
While patiently waitin. for iIazen : signals,
Sherman keen eve detected smoke in the
horizon seward Up 10 this time he had re-
ccived no intelligence from the fleet. In a
moment the c1uutenance of the bronzed chief
tam frightened up. and be exclaimed
" Look Howard there is the gunhoaI!"
Time passed on, ana the vessel now be-
came visible. yet nO sigual from the fleet or
Hazen. Half an hour passed. and the guns
OF the fort opened simultano DUSTY with puffs
Of smoke that rose a lew hundred Yards from
the fort, showing that Hazen's skirmishers
had opened. \
sgnalled;
Il have invested the fort. and viii assault
Immediately. At this moment Buckley an
nounces &c signal from the sunh1at All
eyes are turned from the fort - the gunh1at
that is coming 10 our assistance with news
from home. few messages pa-s. which
inform us that Foster and Dahlgr,n are
within speaking distance The gunooat now
halls and asks
"Can we run up? Is Fort McAlIlster
ours?
No" Is the reply "Hazen just ready
to storm it. Can You assist p
YES, Is the reply. w hat Will You
have as do?''
Bat before Sherman can reply 10 Dahlgren
the thinders Of the fort ART heard. and the
low sound OF small arms Is borne across the
three miles f m'r>l ana river. Field glass I
t. are opened. and. sitting ia, on zine roof, |
the hero e Atlanta gazes away of 10 the |
toE- e inere they 90 grandiy; not a
Wavar, 4e remarks.
Twenty seconds pass, and again he OK
claims.
..s.e Jbat aag in the advance, Howard
h.w steadily it moves. not man islters.
There theY 20 still see the
rt.l of musketry.- Grand. grand.
SIIl he strained his eyes. and a moment
a. ri spoke without raising bis eyes
That tag still goes forward: and there
II no fincainE t.ese.
4 pause for minute.
Look he exclaims, sit has halted.
They waVer, no its the parapet There
they 70 again; now they scale it some are
over. Look, there is a flag on the works
Another, another. It's ours The forts
ours -
TIE glass dropped by his side and in an
instant the JOY OF the great leader at the pos
session of the river and the opening OF the
road to his new base burst forth in words
AS the old dsrkie remarked, dis child
don sleep dis night ~ And turning to one
Of his aids, Capt. Auderied, he remarked,
. Have a boat for me at once; | must 90
here - and pointing to the fort, from which
| half dozen battle flags ioated grandly to
he sunset. {
And well might William Tecumseh Sber- {
nan rejoice, for here, as the setting sun went q
iown upon Fort McAllister reduced, and {
lissed fond good night to the Starry Ban !
Ter, Sherman witnessed the elimination of
II his plans and marches, that had involved :
UGH desperate resistance and risk-the open a
ng up OF new and shorter route to his base y
iere at sunset, on the memorable 18th of q
the dark waters of the great 2
)geechee bore witness to the fulillment OF 2
be covenant Sherman made with his iron D
eroes at Atlanta twenty-nine days before, o.
, lead them victorious TO a new base. The (
Ictorious patriots who gave the last blow to
he Instructions in our path were the mem-
srs of nine regiments, detailed specially
ON the three brigades as follows 9th di
issouri, Lieut.. Col. Vandnsen Both Ohio, =
apt. -; ll6 Illinois, Lieut.. Col Siau- &c
<, iron, the LIST brigade, commanded by =
d. Theodore jones. forming the right of in
e line; 47th Ohio, Col. Parry; lllth IT;
inois, Col Martin and 44th Ohio. Maj =.
=; from the ID brigade, commanded by 'i'
i. W. 5. Jones, forming the left; 18th Lin