New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-23
Another Account OF the Capture OF Fort
Anderson.
From Our Special Correspondent.

at tho hour OF rosy dawn, the trSL rays OF
tho sun as it rises IRON its bed shed their bushes
the essternsyi and kiss the fods Of the Amer
lean flag foatng cTer Fort Anderson-another splen'
did trophy 20 the combined vslor Of the Army and Navy
beneath these starry folds cag CT the llsth OhioA
ats .olr upon the raraet Of the fert
which IN, haif hour ago. tahsn possession efty
to Second Diytion Of tho TTenty third Army Corps
thesa-le froopwth whom your correspondent marched
fror, snoIviio Tenn, to Atlanta Georgia under the
gurssg genius OF Sherman and schofcld. Here, after
performing journey by SEA ara land Of l,5eo niles
from the goyy fields Of Franklin and Nashville With
the troops e. Gen Cox OF the Third Division. three
deys afer+andEg upon tho chores Of North Carolina
thty walk into one Of the eldest and strongest osts
u, ich ths Rebels have constructed for the defenscof
Wilmington. Another, and the chief land Obstruction
tctween- forces ard that important place has been
carried and tie troops o. the Twenty-third Corps,
While Itre are Alag iht9 the works with cheer after
cheer n the dear old fac.
IT is work Of great ext,lt. covering nesTly o. much
ground rs that Fort tisher; 1t is wort Of irrcnse
stren IA; its front hc that work, be1ng series o.
argeounds ravorccs rising % TO % feet abote the
watv, Of Cape Tear River. which Il fronts to the
norti east and extenhrg In alternating moends ira
yersS angles, enbrsslres ard bitches, irelosing an
urea Of about four SQUARE miles It's Importance Is
grcs sy enhanced when state that IL Is oonnececd with
:, ten OF river -ctions cheva1x de fse. torpe
dot etc. which 1t wcad have been igPO'IiIls to pass
VII 10 held by the onony and also commands the right
Of he enemys srong inc OF works the cf?osite pc
Ursula side Of the Cape Fear River. Tho capture g!
q fort which IL the key of their position Icces5tsos
y evacuation OF tbet work, now until ycsterdsy
ID b. Gen Hokep division aud the retirement Of TIC
whole Of Gen Bras's forces TO a point 10
- 1rnfV Ie n iofersflie
.han thisi in fact there ere reports, md
appearances seem to warrant 4hcir tra,h
that Hoke has already fallen back The !. therefore
open for an advance Wilmington, by both the army
and navy. The to-pedoes which were placed In the
channel.way, in,spsed to be exploded by means Of
galyanic batteries md also by impact orTercrssoD
are already being cleared away by the boas Of the
navy. keyed ms, ument-part Of battery-'s found
in a snug bomb PROOF connecting with insulated wires
running into Gle but the wires are found % be
disconnected and the soldiers have hauled them cut
upon the beach. Il is supposed Tat The Rebel
commander Of Fort Anderson exploded tho Internal
machines last nigl'. when the Quaker monitor
CONSTRUCTED by Captain Cushing and sent
past the fort on the food-ude, foated
in solemn and mysterious grandeur by the Rebel work
The running Of hotattery by this mock monitor COM
tined with tho atta Of the troops Of the Iwsntyhird
Corps In front and probably than all By tho flank
movement Of the Third Division under Gen. Cox, and
the dvision Of Gen Aes Of the Twenty fourth Corps
o. used the enemy q, andon the position. Thsy fought
most tenscously all dag yesterday. under calling fire
frem the troops OF tho Second and Third Divisions.
Tweny.third Corps which. at early hour advanced
TO within short distance Of the work, driving In the
Rebel outposts and skxmishers ard intrenchee. Col
Mo0e. who commai ded at Green River Ky.
when John Morgan with 1900 men
demanded his smrnder with less than 500.
but who couldn't see it, AID refused because the Fourth
Of July wasn't q proper day to surrerder 0r-com.
nandel the Second DiTison-and finally. upon the
Withdrawal Of Gen. Jack Easement to move with
TIE Third Division round upon the %aemys flank, he
took charge Of the entire operations In front Of the
york Col. Henderson. u the Third Brigade Third
Division held tho right. with regiment; tie C5th
diana a anced as skirmishers. The troops moved
fosgaId at O'Clock a. nl and by O'Clock began Skin
Inishing with and driving IN tie Rebel ouposts They
feu back TO rifle. pits considerably In advance Of
tie main work. and under cover OF the guns
OF Che fort which soon opened with the
Whi:woith guns and light artillery commanding the
open field in 'front.'. Our main limo was not advanced
80 Ia 10 be seen h. The enemy. bat kept carefully con
cealed The G5th Indiana, having the Henry rife,
pushed forward AMI obtained advanced lire, which
tIey JbttHcHeu tHo tlVopo Va ,cV S'S0"~ S''e""S
Second Division following in close company. and Off.
GERS and men yeing with each other in throwing up
with Whatever they could bring into requi
sition Tor the purpose. Tin plates, CUPS, sticks and
hands we're kept busy uHtil sufficient temporary pro-
lection was formed when spades, shovels etc.. which
Col. Moore had ordered forward from Emithvlc ar.
lived, and enabled the zen to complete handsome
aeIoss nearly tie whole front of the Rebel
work.
At the same hoar that the troops advanced 70 attack
he Montauk moved up. supported by the Lenape
yackinaw, Sassaeus, Huron. Uradilla Pawtnxet, Pom
ossnc Osceola, shawmut. Seneca. Nyack, Mariateuga
little Ada and Chippewa. and opened a slow and de-
ber.te fire upon the work
The shells Of tie Montauk did great execution; and
fact. the accuracy Of the whole May fire was such
fU greatly demoralize the Rebel gunLers and drive
,c, fporz all but few Of their lighter guns In the
snter and right oftheir work. which was partially con.
,sed from observation aboard the naval vessels by
God.
The fire was kept up until late in tie aternosp' and
10 Montauk and Lspape continued TO lire Ct mo6s'a'e
iervas during The night
The Rebels finally fell back inside OF their main work
anticipation Of general charge upon the forti but
ding that we only advancing our lines steadily
ii, sope plterior object. they erept out again and