The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-01-20
CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.
1000 Prisoners and Several Cannon
Taken.
Fort Fisher. Jau l6.-2a III

FofL FISHER, Jau 10 IN.
Afer clreful reconnaissance on the
| l4th il WAS decided TO risk an assault o,.
Fort Fisher. Psine's DIVISION, with Col
Abboti's brigade was TO hold our line al
r,ady strong across the peninsula, against
lIoke, while Au,es' division should assault
on the ives, end. After three hours heavy
navy firing. the assault, was made q, o.
10, on tie 18Th. Curtis brigade led, aud
as soon as it was on the west end of the
! land front, it WAS followed by Penneback>
er's, and the latter BY Bells. After des-
desperate fighting, going foe, by foot, and
with severe loss, At 5 p. m. we bad pos
session of about half the land in front,
Abbott's brigade was then taken from our
line facing Wilmington and put into Fort
Fisher, and on pushing it forward at 10 p
m., it took the rest Of the work with little
resistance, the garrison falling back 10 the
extreme Of .:he peninsula, where they were
followed and captured.
Among others, Gen Whiting and Col.
Lamb, both wounded. think We have
l Geo prisoners. hope our own loss may
not exceed 500, but it is impossible 10
Judge in the night Among the wounded
are the commanders of the three leading
brcades, Gen. Curtis, being wounded, not
severely, but Colonies penuebacker and
Boil, dangerously.
The land front was formidable one, the
parapet in some places II or Il feet high
but the men went to work notify uuder il
sewers musketry fire.
The marines and sailors wen: up gal
lan'ly; but the musketry fra from the
east end Of the land front was so severe
that they did not succeed in entering the
work.
The navy fire Or the work, Judging
from the holes, must have been terrific
Many Of the guns were injured, how many
there were on the poin! canno, say, per.
haps 80 or 40.
(Signed) O. COMSTOCK,
Lieut. Com g and Chief Engineer.
New York, Jan II.
BY the United States Telegram Cons
pany !: Fort Fisher WAS captured by As
saul; on the afternoon Of the l5tb. after a
severe fight, and loss on our side, of
about FIVE hundred.
Washington, Jan II
Maj. Gen. Dix The following official
dispatches have lust been received at this
department
Headquarters I. s. forces on Federal
Point, North Carolina, Jan n. via Fort
Monroe, l7lh.-Bric Gen. J A. Raw ins
Gen. : have the honor to repor, that
Fort Fisher was carried bv assault this af
'ernoon and evening, by Gen. Ames' di-
vision Of tie 24,h army corps. gallant,
aided by battalion of marines and sea
men from the navy. The assault was pre-
ceed by heavy mbarI ment from the
fleet, and was made a, , 80 p NJ, when
The l'i-' brigade, (Curtis,) Of Ames' di-
vision, effected a Iohgment upon the pare
pet, but ful possession Of the work wa,
not obtained until 10 p, m
Tie behavior Of both officers and men
wa. most admirable. All the works sourh
Of For, Fisher are now occupied hv our
troops. We have rot less Il All 300
prisoners, including General Whiting ard
Colonel Lamb, the commandar, oH tht.
fort regret to .s, that our loss is Sc
we're, especially in officers. am not >et
able 10 9 ve any estimate of TIE uumber Of
casualties
ALFRED II. GERkY.
Brevet Maj Gen Com Ex.