Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1865-02-02
FALL. CT FORT FISHER.

sNe" Aoh papers OF the l6tn l0sC. nave oeen re-
celVed in Richmond. They contain the following &C.
count of the fell of Fort Fisher:
FALL. CT FORT FISHER.
Ihe papers full Of of fa OF Fort Fisher
Column after column devoted to the feats of the soldiers
ana new held out during four hours of desperate fight
the thrse leading brgades-General Curtis aBd Coenes
Pennibaksr and Bellvere wounded. Tbs Chickamaaga
river after a tbs fort The preliminary seoouots
give history Of the bombardnsnt by the navy. Of The
real assaults. dent OF the Baltimore American
| gives the following account:
TIE NAVAL ASSAULT.
From Leuenant Farqahar, of the Santiago, who accom-
panied the land og ty from the navy
esting particulars OF the repae of these gallant
Lie1tenant Preston ssaistspt aaTospsip Lieut. Benis
min e. Porter nnander of the flagship Malvern Lieut.
ha Lieut. Gushing and large number Of acting masters
ensIgns and mesters' mates.
of Lieut.. Comma1der 6rshman Lieut. sefridge and Lieut.
Parker, whilst the marines commanded by Captain
The sailors and marines, reaching point three eaar
tiers of mile from the fort opened with gra2e
aid canister from two OF Zoe enbfasures whilst the main
portion CT the garrison appeared the parapets with
kets and rifles and moved down men. The frst di
consequ ntly bad protection They thus
to order retreat and Iarae portion Of the
her divisions obeyed the order leaving only about two
hund ed der They still updsr this tremeDd
aopg the oeach ogef her with many OF e ded the
rebel shsrpshOt after ards amusing themselves by
untOfflrate a
drch.
Those who remained under cover behiud the palisades
about two hundred IN number, hurrowed into the sand
and thus protected themselves from voeys
Csntsin Ras"a ente,s e nb thess tb WEI WGIe f1as
hers who made hei alter dark. EDs Dayton
along with Leuenant Preston and Lieuteoant Porter
hareston observing his comrades fall, seizsd rife
on him and tenn When ,ionel iamb the rebel corn.
mander OF the fort, observed standing OF the
resist the assault of the military leveed nj
saw hin fall spparen.i dead but he fouod % be
also ELL under his Gnerrigg shots.
Thus the naval .stotuing party failed not however,
10 bu owing to the fact that they had march
evs unobs ructed beach without the sigh shelter,
| he &arrison The moment the signal Was given by Ad
raj Porter to the ct to cha'ge their fire from r,
Fisher the water the whole rison rusbed to
the nr be raDpa TO res st the as auog party They
there soldiers uEdr in The woods, but
hey thought they to follow In support Of the
val brig ade They had ida that whi st resisting the
assault on the north side, tbs army was approaching
The of the naval brigads were than
hundred and fifty in hiI and wouoded Flag LentenanF
Samuel W. Preston aud Lieutenant Benz amin IL. Porter,
commander OF the ern, were both sho dsaG the for,
6s Ds o S in 1e S
md their bodies not recovered until after the Fort
e when they were brought to the hagshp, assistant @
volunteered to accompany the aszauDg party persslng
exposing himself to relieve the necessities OF his wound
ed comrades, shot down and died in tho trenches He
is the Surgeon who volunteered to carry hawser the
Weehawken when she WAS aground under the walls OF
| aoultrie and subjected TO a severe fire..
| The number OF officers wounded is unprecedented
the susquehanna received shot in the high causing
fracture Lieu Cushmsn OF the wabash
wounded in the arm; Lieut. Bache, Of the Powhatan,
wound in leg; Ensign Evans of the Powhaan, both legs
burg, sid ht wound ia ann; Captain a|son: who
manded the marines, was also slightly wounded Arthur
back L. L. s Uhsser acsiug eDssn rom fontuue right
thigh; John F. Merry, acting eGsign OF Osceoa, both
thighs Joseph NJ simms, MASTER mate of Minnesota,
right thigh. These only portion OF the wounded off,
GERS.
THE MILITARY ASSAULT.
We could see from the feet but little of what going
west OF the fort further than the occasional glimpse OF
the prolonged contest which had not closed when dark
set in and could then only be inferred rom the fash
of the on the ranpa1ts and in the
interior of the work.
shore In charge of boat placed a. the
of General Terry, and being invited by of the staff to
Gurts aoting az his aid he repres ns that the assault
ing party advanced Ehe tn garrison were repeng the
the guard of thirty at the sally port, manning two
~itzers oAded with grape and shooting down and dri
wing back the sPapshooeTs on the amparts-ln gaining
an and fooug three of the~mounds before
the attention OF the garrison directed to them
work were the bundled and Forty second New York
same nen WHO snatched the flag from tbs ramoarts
approaches cydu ed scientifca T. and they being
~sch armed with ahooters, swept down their op-
virtually disarmsd.
Their sup gorts bed the flag raised
aud then commenced oae OF the severes contes na t
furnished for possession Of for appeared
have been constructed especially for such contest
progressing aid each OF thu seventeen mounds
successveI eush for AMI struggled with dea
psrae end bravery bos BY she ting
party garrison. Mound afse mound
until of the possession, nine
o'clock at night, ~hn General Curtis who led the assault
ing party, determined to tke charge the
eaey if that failed to hold to the haJ was
bis until he ming Just as he was about to
make the charge, viii dag vas raised by the garrison
and possession gwen of tn enre york The prisoners
placed in the bomb.proofs ard kept under
guard until the morning. when they ched and
umb red, with those Who escaped and sub equenty
recAptured houand eght hunared and
hundred ofcere In udng dsjo al Whiting, the
commauder of all the works oq the coast, and Brigade
| whom wounded the latter it is Ihuuxtt, mortaly.
Tie loss of the rns assant aud the subsequent
ntss tor the possession of the work hundred
J IN Killed aud wounded Tne galiaat Genera Curtis
who accompanied Geuera Butter who disagreed With
him u the opinion hat the tort uld be taken, led
| the assault, and has painful wound over the eye.
The humber guas captured the and the ada
cent works, uding the bait Z8ke island and
Mound, is seyentytWo Tney were ali in good condition
them beDg spiked though fourteen of the
teen on the north front dsuounted. The variety
guns ia oracns all the famed varie les
OF English manufacture, including l00- pounder Arm
| strong gun, moan ed a solid aah D3any Carriage.
When it Is remembered that the assault commenced
at O'Clock the afternoon, and full possession
OF the fort not Obtained uas after O'Clock in the
evening, 81 six idea Of the dsrcenes
OF tne hands, hand encounter may be imagined hey
fought as men never before fought Shot aud shell from
tse mound aud The batteries poured into the
aide OF the tort thas mad Obtained Of AID
they ough wish garrison OF two thousand famiia
with every novk and this work The feet
cUud do nothing to them, the rise aud fall
their the advance reri0g of the reports
! Ausket hri- 6, WITH intense interest.
The Rebels ha:ihg been driven mUuad to anoth
er hnay surrendered at haip past o'clock which was
The time Of the dst cheer heard from the gallant vic
tors.
suss5Ars IN CAPS EzAR RIVER.