Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-20
Wilmington Blockadsd
CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER!

Seven hours hard 1900
Prisoners CaptuI ed and ~ Guns
Our loss about 600 Men-A brill
liant Victory!
WASHINGTON, January f7tb.
To. .Hajcr General Dir 3d..
The following official dispatch has lust
been received al this Department
" HEADQUARTERS FoRcxs on FrprpAtl
PoINr, N. c., January Is,
ria Fortress Monroe, January IL,
To BriCddier General j. 4. Ra,riins:
GENERAL;--1 have the honor to rsport
that Fort Fisher was carried by assault this
afternoon and evening. by General Ames
division, and the End brigade of the LIST di.
vision OF the Gath Army Corps CALAMITY
aided by battalion OF marines and scamen
from the navy. The assault was preceded
by heavy bombardment from the feet and
was made at $50 O'Clock in the afternoon,
when the first brigade, Curtis, of Ames'
divsion,) effected lolgment upon the para.
pets, but full possession Of the work was moi
obtained till 10 o'clock at night. The behay.
Tor of both officers and men was most admi
rable. All the works south Of Fort Fisher
are now occupied by our troops. We have
not less than 1000 prisoners, including Gen
Whiting and Colonel Lamb, the command.
ant of the fort
{" regret to say that our loss is severe.
especially in officers. am rot yet able 10
form any estimate Of the number Of casual
tics.
(signcd) "ALFRED TERRY.
Brevet Major General Commanding"
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
Fcsr'FIsnER, January ls-2Au
~
It WAS decided to risk an assault on Fort
Fisher Paine's division, with Colonel Alb
bots brigade, to hold our line already strung
across the peninsula and facing Wilmington
against Hooke, while Ames' divivision should
assault en- tho west end After three hours
heavy navy firing, the assault vas made at
three o'clock in the afternoon on the 10Th
Curtis brigade led, and as soon as it was on
the west end of the land front, it was fol-
lowed by Pennibscker's, and The latter by
Bells. After desperate fighting, gaining foot
by foot, and severe loss at FIVE in the after.
noon We had possession Of about hsli the
land front. Abbot's brigade was then taken
from our line facing Wilmington and put in.
to Fort Fisher, and on pushing it forward, at
10 o'clock at night it took the rest of the
work, with little resistance, the garrison fall
ing back to the extreme of the peninsula,
where they were followed and captured
among Others General Whiting and Colonel
Lamb, both wounded.
| think we have 1909 prisoners hope
our own loss may not exceed 500, but it is
impossible TO judge in the night Among
the wounded are the commanders of the three
leading brigsdes, Gen. Curtis being wound.
ed, not severely, but Colonies Pennibacker
and Bell dangerously.
The land front was formidable one
The parapet, in places, was fifteen feet high,
but the rcsn went at it molly under n severe
fire. The marines and sailors
went up calamity, but the musketry fire
from the east end of the land front was so
severe that they did not succeed in entering
the work. The navy fire on the work, iudg
ing from the holes. must have been terrific.
Many Of the guns were injured. How
many there were on the point, cannot say,
perhaps 80 or 10.
(Sgn-d) CD cOMsOCK.
Lieut.. Colonel, A. D. c., and Chief Engineer
Another dispatch estimates the prisoners
captured at $500, and the number of guns
ct 70.
General Grant telcgraphs to the War De,
parimcnt that I'm horor Of this great tri.
umph, achieved by the united va,or Of the
army and navy, he has ordered a salute Of
one hundred guns to be fred by each Of the
armies operating against Richmond,
(SisneD c. A. DANA,
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