The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-02-09
FROM FORT FISHER.

thcmsclvcs," they confidently assured
themselves. They boo.ted Of having
chased away the Yinkces once, and could
do il pgain as often as they would come to
the stack. Dcludcd morialsl But !
anticipate.
Leaving Deep Bottom on the Sd, Bcrmu-
da Hundred on the 9th. and Fort. Monroe
on the oh, we stood out to sea and often
experiencing somo heavy weather, we
found ourselves of Deouford, N. c., on
tho morning Of tho sih, where we collect
ed a large naval fleet. Oir transport
feet ofv.ssels Of all siz = camc In during
the day. On account Of ,ho inclcncncy
OF the weather we lay there I'LL Fridny
morning, when the weather became calm
again, we oil steamed Oft in three lines.
a line of naval vessels of all clnsses,
from the large o. gun irigatss, Ia
the smallest purboat aud dispaichboot
on either sids,--.hc transports IN th' CO..
trc. Saturday morning found US of the
For;, aud carly In the morning the gun.
boats commenced sheling the woods
No, getting any reply from the woods, the
smil! boats wero soon put in motion aud
the troops thrown ushori from tho trans
ports us soon a. possb".
At ten O'Clock had my company on
The beach, and was trying to dry my
clothes, having only got wet up to ihc
Nrr.pits in getting ashore! This was
very pleasant in Januiry peatherl As
propose Got 10 give an nee aunt Of the
taking Of Fl. Fisher, but only what came
under my own observation, the seeming
cgolism cannot well be avoided. Toward
evening we, Gen. Pdines Division, wtro
put Ia motion down the beach toward the
fort. Aiier reaching n point two aud
half miles from the fort, we turned to tho
right, marching across the peninsula 81
as TO strike the Cape Fear River at right
anglcs. My company with two oihtrA o
the u. =. G.. T., oil under command
OF Capt. Da;cs, of PaiDcsvillc, Ohio
(rormcrly Of the Hoffman II htallion,,
were thrown forward as skirmisherr, ant
we adyanccdiu the river without cncuunt
cring nny cacmy. licrc the line vi bat
tie wus faced toward Wilmington, Will
we pickotrd next to the fort. u ing Il
iacl in rear Of the lilc uf battle, to pre-
vent a movement from the fort,
W. had not been long on our posts I'll
a rebel courier came dishing along at ftll
Sped, But the command Halt! and III,
iao,iIablc clickl click! from the "smOkc,
ankccs' brought him too, and they
brought him TO lnc trembling IN every
Limb, lest the sins % Fl. p,llvw would b,
visited upon him. We we're not savugcr
however, aud | al once scut him to Gln
Terry. Ills horsctnd equipments | sen
} to G n. Paine Tor his, Gen. Painc's, ow
use. (nut hursc was brought down wit
the rxPcdi,ion.)
The pcxt morning (Saiurdny,) we re
ccivcd orders TO push our skirmish lin
, forward toward The tort. Not KNOWN
, tho country, we pushed along cautiously
aud soon pissed the rebel hospital, an
discovered q stern wheel steamer dischar.
/, ing o cargo at landing near the fort.
little double quicking brought rs up to III
wharf, uni without firing shot we $40
, had possession Of tho steamer. which wa
| load d with curu, aud alsi barge loade
with ammunition Tor the mngyz Nc {
Fort Fisher. We were then half u nj
from tho fort proper, and about 200 ynr,
:, from the out works. W. hOd just bee
A er mining { y Sumo htusus in that yicin
> ty, aud, among the rest, the residence
D Colonel Llmh, when the rebel pira
. Chcamauqa started from the fort, whel
A she had been laying in company with Il
) Talluha ,st, aud went slowly pa
us toward Wilmington. Tue cham
h re is uv,r two miles from the fori Fisl
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