The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-01-24

From WILMINGTON.

Major Yenable of General VIKINGS staff. carried a
flag of truce down to the enemy's line on Wednesday
morning, and returned late that evening. GENERAL
Whiting has been quite severely wounded, while also
Colonel Lamb in .he thigh severely Both are believed
to be doing we'll The fighting at the fort was desPe-
on both sides. The casualties side we are
unable report. They will be published as soon as
circumstances will permit.
Our losses heavy From what we can learn from
private sources, they will amount to over one hundred
killed. and four five hundred wounded. Our whole
loss in killed. wounded and prisoners will not amount to
less than three thousand.
Of the fall of Fort Fisher necessltaeo the fail
of the other forts the river below it. Everything
below New Inlet is in the power of the enemy even If
it is not already in his possession But that does not
any means imply possession of the of Wilmington
1t does closing mp the blockade running port OF
Wilmington. In that of the word it is severe
blow.
Bewxt us the enemy there Forts Anderson md
other works They attacking them We think
we know the men in them.
We do not think that Wilmington must necessarily fal.
The of Wilmington defend their homes
We think they do so We think they will do So
Let Us all try-WIL. JOURNAL, 20th
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Jan. 10, 1865
1t will relieve the apprehensions of the many friends Of
the command to know that the garisons of Forts Caswe
and Campbell successfully evacusted thor positions
l3O O'clock A. NJ, the 18th instant after destroying
They a safe position, unmpaireo in morale
material Very respectfully your obedient servant
WEN. CALDER, Adjt LIST Bat Art
LATER.
We understand that Thursday last there was
skirmishing between the left wing Of forces
in the neghborhood of Sugar Loaf and the Yankee liz
fantry who had made advance from their entrench-
ed position. During the afternoon, it "a reported,
whilst the Yankee vessels were engaged Smelling tue
woods their Infantry made an attack or Clingman's
brigade, Occupying left with the evident inten=
ton of thanking them, but rcpufsed and driven
back to heir Entertainments. No casualties have
been reported but learn that several of
were wounded.
John Sipe, Co. B, AID Regt N. c. T.. (of Newton, N.
C.) wounded in above skrmsh, and brought to Gene
raj Hospital No. 4, died on yesterday.
In the river below no movements have been made by
the eneniy's vessels that we aware of.
It's understood in official quarters that magazine
exploded in Fort Fisher Monday morning, and that
the enemy lost about four hundred from its effects
We reliably informed that Gen. Curtis Of the
Yankee army, killed in the fight at Fort Fisher on
Sunday last. We also learn that a Yankee aid-de-
camp was killed in the skirmishing on Thursday.
We would call the attention of contemporaries to
the fact that Fort Fisher surrendeTed-but
carried the point of the bayonet by overwhelm-
ing numbers, after all the guns the land face had
been dsmounted by the. terrific fire from the feet.
The enemys loss, in Sundays fight, is estimated to
be at least one thousand in killed and wounded The
Fort charged three times Sunday afternoon aud
night before it captured Wilmington Vo"TnaI,
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