Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-19
Gcl1lc.r,:e, Neds.
GREAT VICTORY OF FORT FISHER

WASHINGTON, Jan.~H. Mai. Ges. J A. Dit
 The following official disp.'ches have just been received at this Dep'stnent
 IIEADoRs U. S. FoEoes, FEDERAL PoISr,
 Jan. l5, 1865.
 10 Brig. Gen U 4. Ranlins: < O
 GENERAL have the honor to report that Fort Fisher wHs e.irriril by assault this after noon and evening by Gen. Ames' Dvis,nn and the 2d Brigade of the lst Division of the 24th aamy Corps, gallantly aided by q battalion of marines and srainen from the navf.
 The assault was preceded by heaty bom bardment from the Federal fleet, aud was made at 30 P Nj. when the lst Brigade Cur tiss'. of Ames' Division, effected iudgenent upon the parapet, hut iui possessiun of the work was not obtained until l0P.M The behavior of both officers aud mon WAS | most admirable. All the works south of Fort Fisher are now occupied by our troops. We haze not less thaH 1900 prisoners. including General Whiting and Co!onel Lamb the comnlandants of the forts. regret to say I that our loss is severe. especially in officers am not yet able to form any estimate of the casualties. ALFRED II. TERRY, Brig Gen. Commanding. l FORT ! lSHER, Jan. (.
 After a careful recOnnoi>sance on the l4th it was decided to risk an assault on Fort Fisher. f'aines DivisiOh with Col. Abbott $ Brigade to hold our air ,ne already straight iacross the peninsula and facing Wilmington against H"ke. while Ames' Division should assault on the West end. After three hours o heavy navy firing, the assault was made al 5 P NJ. on the 18th.
 1 Cur,.s' brigade led and as soon as it landed on the west end ot the land front it was fol lowed by Pennybackers and the latter l,y Beii After desperate fahing. gai, iag foot ly foot and severe loss, at , r. M. We had p,,sSeSsiol of about half ,ie and tiunt. Abbott $ brigad. was then Taken from our lne facing Whining ton. and pct luto Fort Fisher. ana on pu-hin; , is forward at lu P. M.. it took the rest of th, work with little resistance.
 The garrison fell back to the extreme of th peninsula. where they were followed aud cap } .ured among others, Gen. Whiting and Col Lamb, both wounded. think We llav. qai'' 1000 prisoners. hope our own loss may no exceed 800, but it is impossible to judge in th night. Among the wounded re the coinnlint 5 CTS of the three brigadrs, Gen, Curtiss hein E wounded not severely, but Co.'S Pennybockt and Bell dangerously. The land front was
 formidable one. the parapet 'n places II or feet high. but the men Weht al It nooly una
 /. severe musketry lire.
 The marines and sailors went up gallantl |, but the m,lsketry fire tro'n the cast nd ot Il :, iand front was so severe tliat they did not su u ;-c4ed in entering the work. The navy urce 'i the worls-. judging from the holes must ha
 been terrific. Many of tn" sus were inj ure a How many there Were on the point cann
 say. perhaps thirty O. forty.
 Il (Slgned,) C. B: CoMsTocK, 'f Lieut.. Col. A. D. c. and Clllei Engineer d Another dispatch estimates the number
 prisoners captured at twenty five hundred, at
 the number of guns at seventy two.
 Gen. Grant telegraphs to this tleparmr
 that in honor of this great trlumph achieve 3 by the united valur of the army and navy, 1 ? has ordered d salute of one hundred guns to . fired by each of the armies operating again
 E chmund. Signed,
 c. A. DANA, Asst. Spc'y War.