The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-01-19
Assault on Fort Fisher,
HIS COMPLETE SUCCESS.
From l,2OO to 1900 Prisoners
Taken.
500 REBELS KILLED.
Cur Loss 900 Killed and
Wounded.

official dispatches have just been received
at this department
Headquarters U. S. Forces,
on Federal Point, n. c., Jan. Is,
Via Fortress Monroe, Jan. II, 1860.
Brig. Gen j. A. RAwLINs
GENERAL: | have the honor to report
that Fort Fisher was carried by assault
this afternoon and evening, by General
Ame's Division and the Second Brigade
Of the First Division of the Twenty
Fourth Army Corps, CALAMITY aided by a
battalion of marines and seamen from the
Navy.
The assault was preceded by heavy
bombardment from the Union fleet, and
was made at $3.50 p m. when the First
Brigade (Curtis's) of Ame's Division eff;
lected lodgment on the parapet, but full
possession was not obtained until 10 p. IN.
The behaviour of both officers and men
was most admirable All the works south
of Fort Fisher are now occupied by our
troops. We have not less than l,200
prisoners, including Gen. Whiting and
Col Lamb, the commandant of the fort.
regret to say that our loss is severe
especially in officers. am not yet able
to form any estimate of the number OF
casualties
ALFRED Ii. TERRY, Brevet-Maj. Gen.
Commanding Expedition.
Folt Fisher, Jan 16-2 o'clock a. M.
After careful reconnaissance on the l4th
it was decided to risk an assault on Fort
| Fisher.
Paine's division with Col Abbett's bri.
gade was to hold our line, already strong,
across the peninsula, and facing Whining
ton against Hoke, while Ame's division
should assault on the west end.
Alter three hours of heavy firing, the
assault was made at 3 p. m. on the 18th.
Curtis's brigade led, and as soon as it ar
rived on the west end of the land trout il
was followed by Pennypacker's and the
latter by Bells.
After desperate fighting, gaining foot
by foot, and severe loss, at 8 pm. We had
possession of about half the land '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. No. it took the rest of the work
with little resistance, the garrison falling
back to the extreme of the peninsula
where they were followed and captured
among others Gen. Whiting and Col
Lamb, both wounded. | think we have
gu t. l,0vO prisoners.
hope our own loss may not exceed
500, but it is impossible to judge in the
night. Among the wounded are the com
manders of the three leading brigades
Gen. Curtis being wounded, not severely,
but Coils. Pennypacker and Bell danger
ously.
The land front was a formidable one,
the parapet in places fourteen or fifteen
feet high, but the men went at it only
under severe musketry fire.
The marines and sailors went up gallan
tly, but the musketry FIRE from the east
end of the land front was SO severe that
they did not succeed in entering the
work.
The Navy ire On the work, judging
from the holes, most have been terrific
Many of the guns were injured.
How many there were on the point ]
cannot say, perhaps 80 or so.
G. B. COMSTOCK
Lieut.. Col, A. DC, and Chief. Engineer
Another dispatch estimated the mum
Der of prisoners captured at $500, and
number of guns at II.
General Grant telegraphs to this De
partment that in honor Of this great tri-
nmph achieved by the united valor of the
Army and Navy, he has ordered salute
of one hundred guns to be fred by each
OF the armies operating against Richmond
G. A. DANA, Asst. Sec OF War