New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-18

Brig.-Gcr J. A. EANLINs
GENERAL: Ihayo he honor to report that Fort
Fisher was carried " assault tile afternoon and
evening, BY Gen. Amcss Division ani the Second
Brigade of the Fist Division OF the Twon:y-Fourth
Army Corps, CALAMITY aided by battalion Of ma
riues and seamen frol. TIC Navy.
The assault was Iococ ed by q heavy lombard
ncnt from the Union feet, and made Il; $3.50
p. M. when the fIst brigade Curtis 81 Of Arncs's
Division effected lods meIt on ;ho parspc', but
full posses sion Of the ork not obtained until
I0p.m.
The behavior Of boil offccrs and men WIS most
admirable. All the works Gih OF Fci, Fisher arc
now occupied by our troops. We have not lesS
than ,2C0 prisoners, including Gen. Whiting and
Col. Lamb, the commardan, OF the font.
Ircgrct 10 say that our loss is severe especially
in officers. am not yet able 10 form any estimate
Of the number of cas- o ies.
AIInE, II. TfRav. Brcvet.Ma.. Gen.
Comm ndiag Expedition.
TohT FIsrrI, Monday Jan. 1873 o'clock n m.
After ca eful reconnaissance % he lith, il was
decided 70 risk an as ult Oh fot Fisher.
Paine's division wi Col. Abb IT'S brigade was to
soid on iinr, airraf sirong the peninsula,
and facing " ilmington agailst lIose, while Amcs :
division shcul as su II tie west end.
After three hours # heavy Iing, he assault was
made at 3 r. N. o. the 9th. Curtis's brigade led,
md a. soon as it arrived the west end of the land
front it was followed by Penuypackers, and the
latter by Bells.
After desperate fighting gaining foot by foot and
severe loss at p. IN. we lad possession OF about
half the land font. Abbott's Brigade was tncn
taken from oar line fAcing Wilmington and put
into Fort Fisher and pushing it forward at 10 p
H. il took the rest Of the work with itleresissIce
the garrison failing back TO the extreme OF the
peninsula, where they were foowel aud captured;
among Others Gen. Whiting and Col. Lamb, both
wounded. think VIC have quite 900 prisoners.
Ihopo our own loss may not exceed $50, bu, it is
impossible 10 judge in to night. Among the
wounded are the commanders Of the three leading
hrigsdes. Gen. Curtis being wounded, not severely,
ta. Coils Penny ecker aud Bel dangerously.
The land front was Formidable one, the psEspel
in places fourteen or fifteen feet high, but the
men went at it nobly under severe musIetry fire.
The marines and sailors went up CALAMITY, but
she musletry fire from the east cad Of tho land
from, was so severe that they did not succeed in
entering the work.
The Nary fire on the work, judging from the
holes, must have been terrific Many of the guns
cere injured.
How many there were on the point cannot say
perhaps 80 or50.
CD Cox,TocK,
Lieut-Co... A. D. G., and Chiei.Engineer.
Another dispatch estimated the number Of
prisoners captured at $500, and tie number Of
guns at ~.
General Grant tolegraphs TO this Department
that in honor Of this great triumph achieved by
the united valor Of the Army and Navy, he has
ordered salute Of one hundred guns 10 be fired
by each Of the armies operating against Rich.
mcad.
c. A. DANA. Asst Sec Of wgr
TIE Pight at Fort Rishcr-RXplssisse Of
G.m.Thc Effect o( the R}rst Aftash-