The New York herald., 1865-12-06

TIE fflrCrIOS OF PORT rfSfER.
The actisc operations Of 1906 bPnn with the reduction
Of Fort Fiber, by combined expedition Of land and
naval forces The port OF Wilmirgton c. during the
whole war had been prncrN point Of foreign trade
with tie -cbels The advantnpc o position dened the
most rigorous blockade and atr The fall " Savannah
~ was tho only gnt through which foreign supplies
could laga 10 The tohcl8 III. strong works and
garrison o. Port Fisher, at the month OF Cape Fear
risrr wore tho uelr defcpce OF wilmington. On
The 3th of Ieceber fore ol ahout 6a00 men, under
Ma General Butler started from Fortress Monroe to
OF N conjunction with nbNT force under Admiral
l-iing or The 18th Of Ieceulber but rcembarked on
23 and returned viii BIZ troops 10 Fortress Mon
roo The Lieutenant General ordered the enterprise 70
be renewed BY General Tory Who On hc I'd Of January
was placed III commend of tho serus troops with
Enforcement that mace The Whole Number about eight
thousand On tie morning OF tbc 18th Of January
troops disembarked, under cover OF heavy
effective lre from the feet An assault was made In
the a:tcrnoon of tho 18th of January, and. aft
d. crate handto-hand fighting for several hours, the
carried, the enemy driven out and about
midnight the whole garrison, with its commander Gene
raj Whiting, surrendord Tho iai Of Fort Fisher car.
Caswc and tho works Smiths Island fell into
hands the 10th and 1ah Fort Anderson the 10TH
and, General Schoneld advancing the enemy wcro
driven from Wilmington the 2lst or January.
siIxRNAx's CAMPAIGN ~ THE cARofrNAs
Early n tho month OF January Major General sher-
man, lnying rentted his army entered upon his cam
pagn from savannah through the States Of South Caro-
lima and North Carolina the incidents q which are de-
tailed in bis accompanying report 1s result IL thus
stated In hts special lcld erder No To-
Waiting at Savannah only long enough to ni our
wnR0ns, again began march, which Tor peril, labor
and results, will compare with any over made by an
orgauzrd army The floods OF the sayanrsh the swamps
Of tho CoOhec and Ed so the high hills and rocks Of
tho Santee. tho fiat quagmres of the Ptdeo and Cape
Fear rivers all passed in mid dwntef with Its floods
and rains, In the face OF accumua,ing enemy; and
after the battles OF Avcysboro and Bcnonsc once
out OF the wilderness 10 meet our friends at
Goldsborough Even then we paused Only long enough
To get now clothing, ~ reload our wagons ani again
pushed on 10 Raleigh and beyond, until We met our
enemy suing for pcae In tead Of war aud Offering 10
submit 70 the injured laws Of his and our country.
sEgB oF MOBILE
The operations in General Canbys military division
also exercised an important influence NJ this juncture.
Afcr the disaster upon the Rcd river change OF the
m ary organization west Of the Mississippi wae mado
To meet tho emergency The Departments OF Arkansas
and tho Gu including Louisiana and Texas were united
In one military dvison--West Mssissppi-undcr com.
mand OF Major General Candy His efforts directed
To the organization and concentration Of the forces and
material within his division and In measures To prevent
the rebel troops west OF the Mississippi from reinforcing
the armies operating OF that river In the month
Of July Fort Ganes Fort Powell and Fort Morgan,
duced by combined movement Of land forces under
General Gordon Granger, detnched by General Canby,
and operating with naval force under Admiral
Farrsgat Early In the spring Of 1865 large force
under Generals A. J. Smith, Gordon Granger and r.
enemy were driven ot of spanish Fort by bombard.
mcnt Fort Blakcy was taken by assault and The city
of Mobile was cvac atcd by the enemy the 18th n
April The brinancy OF these achievements has been
overshadowcd bv the uander SCALE Of operations In