Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-26
FORT FISHER.
Official Dispatch. from secre-
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DETAILS OF THE VICTORY

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 FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. IT, 1865. To tue President:
 The rebel flag of Fort Fisher was delivered to me ,ou board the steamer Spalding off that place, yesterday morning, Jan, l6,by Maj Gen. Terry.
 Ar acknowledgment and thanks for their gallant achievement Was given in Your name to Admiral Porter and Gen. Terry, from whom the following particulars were obtained The troops arrived off Fort Fisher Thursday night. Friday they. were all landed under cover of a heavy fire from the squadron Al reconuuis- sance was made by Gen. Terry on Saturday. strong defensive line against any of the enc mys forces coming from Wilmington was es tablished on Saturday, and held by 4OOU men, chiefy cooend troops, and an assault was de- 1 termlhed on. The assault was made on Sun day afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The sea, front of the fort had been greatly damaged and broken by continuous. aud terrible fire of the fleet for three days, and the front Was assaulted at the hour mentioned byaa column oi seamen and marines, 1900 strong under command of Capt. Breese. TheY'reaehed the parapet, but
 
 driven back in disorder, and was afterward placed on the defensive line. taking the place of brigade that was brought. up to re,..-.. zoe the assaulting column of troops. Although the assault on the sea-front failed, 1t performed a useful part in diverlipg the attention of the enemy, and weakening their resistance to the attack by the troops on the other side. The assault on the other and most difficult side of sh f,rt h,,o oe of the old Tenth Corps, led by Col Curtis. under the immediate supervision of General Terry. The enemy's force in the fort was over 2200. The conflict lasted for seven hours. The works Were so constructed that ,tenslve position from whence they had 10 be driven. They were seven tn number, and the fight Was carried on from traverse to traverse for seven hours, by a eskilHully directed fire thrown into the trrverses., One after another they were occupied by the enemy. Admiral Porter contributed to the success of the as saul ing column by signals between himself and Gen. Terry at briet~ intervals. This fire was 50 well managed as lo, damage the enemy without lnJary to our own troups. s'-'
 At about 10 o'clock at night the enemy were entirely driven from the fort, forced down toward Federal Punit. followed; by brigade of our troops, and about i2 o'clock at ni4 ht Gen. Whiting surrendered himself and his command internationally to 'n. Ferry us prisoners of War, nu l. bering Over lS00-the remainder of his force being killed and wounded. t.-.. ! Our loss was not accurately ascertained on l MuLday afternoon, but Was estimated at be, tween, seven and eight hundred in killed and l wounded. beside the naval loss, whic was slight not exceeding one hundred m killed aud wounled. Not a ship nor a transport i Col Curtis was severely hut not morta.ly wounded. Col. Bell died of his wounds Mon day morning. Col. J. w. Moore and Lieut. Col. Lyman were killed. Col Pennypacker was bndIy wounded also Lieut.. Col Coan. A complete list oe killed and wounded will be forwarded as soon as it can be prepared Gen. Leroy reported to Surgeon General Barnes that he had ample provision of sur geons, nurses and hospital supplies for the wounded They will be sent north to their respective States as fast as they can be placed on transports, of which there was ample supply.
 On Monday morning, between and : O. clock, the magazine of Fort Fisher explode killing and wounding twel or three hun fred persOns.
 After she 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 General Terry believed it was occasioncd oy accident or neglect.
 General Hoke divisio", reported as five housand. was at Wilmington A portion of it WAS thrown into the fort not long before the assault and while that was goiI eD, demon s,raion Was made by General Hoke against our defensive. but it was found too strong for anything more than skirmishng attack About II o'clock on Monday morning, a heavy loud of smoke was observed over Fort Smith, on the south side of New Inlet. The Naval officer commanding that station report i'd that the enemy had fired their barracks and evacuated that fort H
 You will be pleased to know that perfect harmony and concert of action existed betwee.: the land and naval forces and their respec tive Commanders, Admiral Porter and Gene ral Terry, vied in thelr comnendation each of the other. Each seemed mure anxious to do justice to do justice to the other than to claim anything for himself, and they united in the highest commendation of the naval and mill tary officers and the forces engaged. To this harmoiy of feeling. and the confident spirit ihspiIeu, may peTuapS, ue attTluuted, III some. degree, the success of our attack, with nearly equal numbers, against q resolnte enemy in d work unsurpassed, if ever eq,alled in strength, and which General Beauregard few days be fore. pronounced impregnable. The arlna- ment of the fort was 72 guns. some of large caibre and rifed, and one Armstrong gun. The troops in the fort had r,tions for sixteen days. Their loss in killed and wounded was between four hundred and five hundred. Gen eral Whiting had three wounds in the thigh Colonel Lamb also, who had gone into the fort with reifofcements, and to relieve Geher;il Whiting on. Sunday, is wounded. On Mon day everything was quiet as Sabbath day. The dead were being buried, and the wounded collected and placed in. transports and field hospitals. '' ',t + ''2'' # T p sass. f-'d EDWIN M. STANTON. q ! '.1 < -, Secretary of War.
 REPORT OF ADMIRAL PORTER, ,s~ ..,..% WAsHINGToN, Wednesday, Jan, Is. =
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