The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-19
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IT. Monroe, Jan. II.
To the Prsadeaf:
The rebel Aag Of Fort Fisher was de
livered TO me 0n board the steamer Spaul
dog, oa that plass yesterday mornisg
Jan. 10th.
(Signed) Maj. Gen TTsRY.
An aeknorleJg ment and thanks for al
liant achievements was given in your name
to Admiral Porter and Coo. Terry fssu
whom the following particulars were oh.
tanned
The troops arrived of Fort Fisher
Thufsday night. Friday they were oil
landed undsf tho cover Of heavy FIRE
from the sqpadron.
= fecoseoissaDoe was made By General
Terry On Saturday. A strong defensive
line against the enemy's forces coming
from Wilmington va, established held by
1000 men. principally coiorcd troops, and
an ASSAULT determined on. The assault
vas made Sunday p. m. At 81 o'clock
The Sea front Of she tort had been great
y damaged By . continuous and terrible
ire of the nset for three days, and the
front was assaulted at the hour named ~
2 column OF seaaen and marines, 1900
strong, under, command Of Capt. Brese
They reached the parspet, but afiera short
conflict this column vas checked and
driven back 10 disorder and vas afserward
placed on the defensive liae, taking the
place Of irigade that was brought up
to reiaforcc the sssauItiog party Of troops
Although the assault on the sea llont ia.l-
cd, Il performed very useful part in di.
verting the attention of the enemy and
weakening their resistance 10 the attack
By the troops on the other side. The as
ssult on the other and most difficult side
Of the fort was mace l,y column Of 1900
Of the old 10Th corps, led BY Col Cur,is,
under the immediate supervision Of Gen.
Terry. The enemy's force in the frt was
over 2s00. The corflicl lasted for seyeo
hours The works we're SO constituted
that tho traverse Afforded the enemy a
ne~ defensive position from whence tiey
had TO be driven. They were seven In
ruIber AMI the fight wss carried ca from
irAferse to traverse for seven hours BIZ
ski'lfaily directed Gre thrown 10 The trav-
erses, as one after sn,her they were 0ccu-
pied By The enemy.
Potter contributed to the success Of
the assauIsiag column by signals between
himself and Gen. Terry at bfief intervals.
This fire was SO we'll msnsged az to dam
age the enemy without injury to our troops
A. abou, ten at Dight the enepy were en-
.irely driven from the fort, forced down
towards Federal Point. followed by brig
ads Of our irocps and abont f2 ~ night
Gen. Waiting surrendered himself aud his
command TO Gen. Terry Internationally
as prisoners Of war, over 1850. the re
mainder Of his force being killed and
wounded
Our loss vas estimated at between 100
and 800 in killed and wounded, besides
the naval loss, which ~as slight, not oyer
100 killed aud wounded No. ship nor
. transport is lost. C,l Curtis was seri.
ousiy but not mori.lly wounded. Col.
Bell died Of his wound Mondsy morning.
Col. J w. Moore snd Lieut. Col. Lyman
were killed. Col Pennypacker was badly
wounded: also Lieut. Gil. Coan. a
eamplete list Of .he killed and wounded
will be forwarded as 5000 as il can BE-
prepared.
General Terry reported to Surgeon
General Barnes that he had an annie sup
ply Of Surgeons, nurses and hospital sup
plies for The wounded. They will be
sent north to their respective States as
fast as they can BE- placed on transports,
Of whici, there Vas aa ample supply.
On Monday morning, between and 1
O'Clock, the magssine II Fisher expiosicd
killing and wounding goo or 800 psrsons.
After the capture Of the Fort all the
troops were withdraw except On : brig
sde, which rss left IN charge oi the works.
How the explosion occurred vas not
know, but Gen. Terry believed it was oo-
casioned By accident or neglect.
Gen. IIoke's division, reported At 5000.
was at Wilmington. Apor,ion Of it vas
thrown inio the Fort not long before the
assault, and while that vas going On 4
demonstration vas made by Hoke against
our line, but il was found too strong far
anything more than skirmishing attack.
About II O'Clock Aoaday moroing
heavy cloud Of smoke uks observed over
Fort Smith on the south side Of Nav In.
let. Tho naval oeicer commandiog that
station reported that the enemy had cred
their bssrsoks and sevacussed fhat Fort.
Perfect harmony and concert Of action
texisied between the hndaud naval force,