The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-01-28
Washington, Jan. II.

Admiral Porter.s !
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Washington, Jan. II.
The Navy Department has received
the following:
From OFF FoRT FISHER |
Jan. Is, 1865
Telegraphed from Fortress Monroe
Jan. l7th.
Nary;
SIR.-Fort Fisher is ours. | send a
bearer of dispatches with brief accpunt
of the affair. Gen Tmry is entitled 10
the highest praise and the gratitude of
his county tor the manner in which he
has conducted his part of the operations.
He is my beau ideal Of soldier and
General. Our co operation has been
most cordial. The result is victory,
which will always be ours when the ar
my and navy 90 hand in hand. The
naval loss in the assault was heavy the
army loss is also heavy
(Signod.) D. D. PORTER,
Rear Admiral Commanding.
Washington, January II.
To Muj. Gen. Dir The following
official dispatches have been received at
this Department dated Headquarters
United States Forces, on Federal Point,
N. c., January 10, via Fortress Monroe,
January II :-Brigadicr General j. a.
Rawlins-Gcneral | have the honor
to report that Fort Fisher was carried
hy assault this afternoon and evening by
General Amcs' Division aud the second
brigade of the first division of the
Twenty fourth Army Corps, calamity
aided by battery of marines and sea-
men from the navy. The assault was
preceded by a heavy bombardment from
the feet, and was made at 2:30 p. M.
when the First brigade, Curtis, Of
Ames' division, effected a Judgement
npon the pnrapet, but full possession Of
tie work was not obtained till ten
p, IA.
The behavior Of both officers and men
was most admirable. All the work,
south of Fort Fisher are now occupied
by our troops. We have not less thar
1900 prisoners, including Genera
Whiting and Colonel Lamb, the com
mandant of the Fort. | regret to say
that our loss is severe, especially in off
ccrJ. am not yet able to form an,
estimate of the number of casualties.
GSigned,) ALFRED II. TERRY.
Brevct Maj Gen. Comd'g. Exped'n.
FORT FISHER, January 16, a. m.-
After a careful reconnaissance on th
l4th instant, it was decided to risk al
assault on Fort Fisher. Paines divi
sion, with Col. Abbott's brigade, were
ordered to hold our line, already strong
across the peninsula, and facing VIII
mington against Hoke, whilst Ames
division should assault on the ives
end.
After three hours of heavy navy fir
iBg the assault was made at thre
O'Clock p. m, on the 18th. Curtis
brigade led in the assault, as soon as
was on the wcsl end of the land point
it was followed by Hennypacker's, an
the latter By Bells, which, after dcspel
ate fighting, gained foot by foot, an
suffered a severe loss.
AT 5 p. m. we had possession of abou
half the land front. Abbott's brigad
was then taken from our line facin
Wilmington and put into Fort Fisher
and on pushing it forward, at 10 p. m
it took the rest of the work with littl
resistance, the garrison falling back t
the extreme of the Peninsula, wher
they were followed and captured, anon
Others General Whiting and Colont
Lamb, both wounded. Think we hav
quite 1000 prisoners. | hope our ow
loss may not exceed five hundred, but
is impossible to judge in the night.
Among the wounded are the con
msnders Of three leading brigades, Ger
cral Curtis being wounded, though NJ
severely, but Colonels Ponnypaeker an
Bell dangerously.
The land front was formidable on;
the parapet in places being fourteen {
fifteen feet high, but the men went at
nobly, under a severe musketry fir
The marines and sailors went up gallan
ly, but the musketry from the east sid
of the land front was so severe they di
not succeed in entering the works.
The navy fire on the work, judgin
from the holes, must have been terrif
Many Of the guns were injmcd. Ho
many there were on the froLt, | cam
say-perhaps thirty or forty.
(Signed,) G. B. CoMsTocK,
Lieut. Col, A. D. c, and Chief Eng
Another dispatch estimates the nur
ber of prisoners captured at $500 al
the number of guns at Y.
(Signed,) c. A. DANA:
Assistant Secretary of War.
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