Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-01-25

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An Acknowledgement and thanks for
gallant achievements, was gwen in your
name to Admiral Porter and Gen Terry,
from whom the FOL owing particulars were
obtained
The troops :rrived off Fort Fisher On
Thursday night, Friday they were all land
ed under cover of IL heavy fire from the
squadron A reconnaissance was made
by General Terry on Saturday, a strong de-
fensi line against enemy forces com
ing from Wilmington was estab ished and
held by 4 900 men, chiefly colored troops,
and an assault determined The assault
was made on Sunday afternoon at $50 o
clock The sea front Of the fort had been
greatly damaged by a continuous and ter
riblc FIRE OF the fleet for three days, and
the front was assaulted at tie hour nam
ed, by column of Seamen and marines
/ 500 strong, under the command OF Capt.
Brcesc. They reached the parapct but
after short battle this column was dr.v-
en- back in disorder and was afterwards
placed on the defensive line, taking the
place of u brigade that was brought mp to
reinforce the assaulting party of troops
Although the assault on the sea front was
a failure, it performed Il very useful part
| in divertlng the attention of the enemy,
and weak ening their resistance TO the at
tack by the troops on the other side, The
assau on tho other and most difficult side
Of the front was made by a column of
5000 of the old 10Th Corps led by Col.
| Curtis, under the Immediate supervision
of Gen. Terry. The enemys force in the
fort was 0 er . 200 strong. The conflict
| lasted for seven hours The works were
so constructed that their trascrses afford
| cd the enemy a new defensive position
from whence they had to be driven They
were seven in number, and the fight was
carried on from traverse to traverse for
seven hours. BY Il skilfully directed fire
thrown into the traverses, as one after an
other they were occupied by the enemy,
Admiral Porter contributed TO the success
Of the assauiting column. BY signals be-
tween himself and Gen Terry at brief in
terfals, this fire WAS SO well MANAGED rs
to damage the enemy without injury to
orr troops At about 10 o'clock at night
the enemy were entire'y driven from the
fort, forced down towards Federal Point,
followed by brigade of our troops, and
about 10 clock at night Gen'l Whiting
surrendered himse and his command to
Gen Terry Internationally as prisoners
Of war, 500 in all, the remainder Of his
force being killed and wounded Our loss
was estimated at between 700 and 500 in
Killed and wounded, besides the naval loss
which was slight, not over Zoo killed aud
wounded
Not ship nor transport was lost -
Col Curtis was severely but not mortailv
wounded Col Bell died of his wounds
on Monday morning Col j w Morse,
and 1t Col LYMAN were killed. Colone
pennibarker was badly wounded, also 1t
Col Coon \ complete list Of the killed
and wounded vii be forwarded as soon as
it can be prepared
Gen. Terry reports to Surgeon General
Barnes that he had an ample supply Of
surgeons, nurses and hospital supp les for
the wounded They will lie sent North
to their respective States as fast as they
can be placed on transports, Of which an
ample supply was prepared.
On Monday morning between 6 and !
o clock the magazine of Fort Fisher ex-
plOded. killing or Woundin@ 200 or 500
prisoners. After the capture of the Fort
all the troops were Withdrawn except one
brigade left in charge of the works. How
the explosion occurred was not known, but
Gen. Terry be ieycd it was 10y accident or
neg ect
Cen Hoie's division, reported at 5000
WIS tt W lllnlIl1tDtl- n portion OF II WAS
thrown into the Fort not long before the
assault, and while that was going on a
demonstration was made by lloke against
our defensive line, but it was found too
strong FOX ANYTHING more than a skirmisi-
Ing attack. About l / oc ock on Monday
morning heavy cloud of smoke wds OBJ
serred over Fort Smith, on the south side
Of new inlet The naval officer command
in@ that station reported tlat the enemy
had fired their barracks and evacuated that
Fort
Perfect harmony aid concert Of action
existed between the land and naval forces
and their respect e commanders.
Admiral Porter ard Genera Terry We'd
in their commendatons-each of the 9TH
er Each seemed more anxious to do jus
ticc to the other than to claim anything
for himself, and they united in the highest
oIancndation o, the M al and military
officers and Of the forces engaged. 10 this
harmony Of action, and the confident spir
it inspired, may be attributed in some de
gree the success OF our attack, with near
y equal numbers, against an enemy in Il
work unsurpassed, If ever equaiied, in
strength and which Gen. Bea regard, IL
few days before the conflict, pronounced
impregnable.
L ne iifndlNSht OF tlc tort was - guns,
some of large calihrc and rifed, and one
Armstrong gun. The troops ia the ort
had rations for 10 days. Their loss in Kill
ed and wounded was between 400 and 500
Gen. Whiting had three wounds in the
thigh. Col Lamb also, who had gone in
to the Fort with reinforcemcnts and to re-
rieVe Gen Whiting, on Sunday, is wound
cd On Monday everything Was as quiet
rs on a Sabbath day. The dead were be
ing buried and the wounded placed in
transports and Geld hospitals.
Gen. Sherman renewed the mo emcnt
Of his force from IA annah last week.
The 18th and 9Th Corps went in tran
sports to Beaufort. On Saturday, the / 18th
the 17th Corps, under Major Gen Blair
crossed Port Poyal ferry, and with por
ion OF Ger. Foster command marched on
Pocata iE9
Gen Howard, commanding that wing of
the army, reported on Sunday that the en-
envy had abandoned his ssrong works in
our front, during Saturday night Gen
Blairs corps now occupies a strong posi-
ton across the raj road, covering 4 APP
proaches to pocataligo All the sick from
tor, SI,rrrn ans army arc in tra01 t1Osuj-