The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07
The Attack on Fort Fisher.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3..-Tle Herald cor
respondent details the Operations of the
land forces against Fort Fisher. rebel
on the left of their line ofworks at once run
out the white flag, and there was race be-
tween the troops and marines TO see who
could first reach the battery and obtain the
surrender. Themarines having the short
est distance to go. gained the prize. Thus
one hundred prisoners were jotted down to
the rear of Admiral Porter. General Cur
wards Fort Fisher, cutting the telegraph
communications with Wilmington. About
a quarter ola mile from Fort Fisher small
fort was reached, but it was evacuated on
the approach of our troops.
In the meantime more troops were land
ed under General Moss, and they were
pushed forward 10 the support of General
Curtis, who, will, his skirmshers was in
front Of Fort Fisher. Ii was there that 1t
VIM. II. Walling, ofthe li2d New York
Vols, captured the flag of the fort also the
courier, his dispatches and horse, aud two
other horses and mule. Night approach
ing, orders We're issued to withdraw the
troops, but jus. previous General Curtis
had dispatched small force TO "A certain
point, who captured a Captain OF battery
and a battalion of junior reserves, who
threw down their arms and surrendered. =
On the return, the prisoners, under their
own officers, and carryingtheir arms, took
their places in the column, and marched
as regularly as our OWE troops.
The ll7th New York Volunteers, who
captured and had them in charge, consid-
cred 1t piece OF the most exquisite pleas
antry to convey party OF enemies, who
eGualed them IL numbers, and each armed
with loaded and capped Austrian rifle
After re-em barking the troops. FOR while
the surf became SO rough that it was found
necessary to stop, and nearly six hundred
men were left on shore for tho night, in q
rain storm, but morning found these brave
men strongly entrenched, and awaiting
without fear the assault Of the enemy
About ten o'clock III the morning it was
discovered that ten men of the skirmish
line had been left in the front OF Fort Fish
er. They were Immediately called in, and
reached the point OF debarkation without
any molestation from the enemy. One Of
them, who had been posted on the bank of
Cape Fear River, reported that in the night
two large barges loaded with troops Lad
left the fort.
During the day deserter from the 2ud
South Carolina Cavalry, Tor more likely
sent out by the enemy with lie,) came In,
and reported that 600 Of the enemy had
concentrated on the right flank, and pro-
posed to make an attack in the night
Word was sent to Admiral Porter, and
fourteen gunboats were placed to intercept
this movement. The weather was SO bad
that our troops could not De re-em barlxed
that afternoon or night. The guuboats
shelled on both banks OF our troops during
the whole night, but there were no signs Of
the enemy near.
The next morning, the 27th, the weather
moderated, and all The troops were got on
board the transports, with the prison.
ers. Our men showed no signs of hard
shipsthey had endured, while the prison.
ers were entirely broken down, and hardly
able to climb the sides OF the ships. Many
wears old.