The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-01-26

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tanned on Monday but was estimated
ut between 700 and SG0 in killed and
wounded, besides the naval loss, which
was slight, not oxc,odihg 100 killed
and wounded. Not ship nor trans
port was lost Col. Curtis was severe.
i, but not mortaIiy, wouhdcd. Col.
Bell died Of his wound on Monday
morning, Col. ]. w. Moore and Lieut..
Col. Lyman were killed Col. Penny
backer was badly wouhdod also Lieut.
Col. Coan. A complete list Of killed
and wounded will be forwarded as
soon as it can be prepared.
| General Terry reported 10 Surgeon
General Barnes, that he had an ample.
provision ofSurgcons, nurses. and hos.
pital supplies for the wounded. They
will be sent North TO their respective
). States as fast as they can be placed on
, the Transports of which there was an
ample supply.
On Monday morning, between six
, and seven O'Clock, the magazine of Fort
, Fisher exploded killing and wounding
200 or 300 persons. After the capture
Of the fort, all the troops were with
drawn except one brigadclc in charge
: Of the works. ... ....
, How the explosion occurred was not
, known, but General Terry believed it
was occasioncd by accident or neg
lect .
General IIokc's division, reported Mt
, five thousand, was at Wilmington. A
portion OF it was thrown into the fort
not long before the assault, and while
that was going on demonstration was
made by Hoke against our defensive
line, but it was found too strong for
anything more than a skirmishing at
tack. ~.
About II oclock Monday morning,
a heavy cloud of smoke was observed
over Fort Smith, on the South side Of
New Inlet. The naval officer comman-
: ding that station reported that the en-
, emy had fired their barracks and had
, evacuated that work.
, Perfect harmony and concert of ac-
ton existed between the land and ma
val forces, and their respective com.
: mandcrs, Admiral Porter and General
: Terry, We'd in their commentator Of
each other Each seemed more anx-
ious to do justice to the other than to
, claim anything for himself, and they
, write in the highest commentator of
the naval and military officers and
: forces engaged. To this harmony of
t feeling and the confident spirit inspir-
ed, may perhaps 30 attributed, in
some degree, the success Of our attack,
| with nearly equal numbers against a
t resolute enemy in work unsurpassed
: if ever equaIed in strength, and which
. General Beaurcgard, Il few days before,
t pronounced impregnable.
3 The armament of the fort was 72
guns, somc OF large cNiibcr and rihed,
and one Armstrong gun. The troops
in the fort had rations for sixteen days.
Their loss in killed and wounded was
4 between 400 and 500. Gen. Whiting
had throe wounds in the thigh. Col.
9 Lamb, also, who had gone into the fort
p with rc-enforcemonts, and to relieve
!, Gen. Whiting, on Sunday, is wounded.
On Monday everything was quiet as
a Sabbath day. The dead we're being
buried, and the wounded placed in
1 transports and field hospitals.
u Gen. Sherman renewed the m6vc-
: ment of his forces from Savannah last
: week. The 18th and 18th Corps went
. . in transports to Beaufort on Saturday.
The 14th and 18th Corps, under Major
General Blair, crossed Port Royal fer
y ry, and with a portion Of Gen. Foster S
y y command, moved on Pocotaligo. Gen.
) Howard commanding that wing of
= the army, reported on Sunday that
n n tho enemy abandoned his strong works
y in our front during Saturday night
- General BIair's Corps now occupies a
- - strong position across the railroad.
u covering all the approaches eastward
! to Pocotaligo.
" " All the sick of Gen. Sherman's army
y are in good hospitals at Beaufort and
% 70 Hilton Head, where the genial climate
"a affords advantages forrecovery superi-
:, Ut W any OluCI pldcc'
> The peace and order prevailing in
" Savannah since its occupation by
=. Sherman could not be surpassed. Few
- male inhabitants are to be seen in the
!, l. streets. Tho ladies and children ovincC
- ~ sense Of security, aud no instance Of
~ disorder, or personal injury or insults
" have occurred. u
~ The laboring mon and mechanics
- white and black, arc seeking employ
an ment. .,...
!, The troops are cheerful and respect
. flu! toward every one, and seem to fee
- themselves as much at home and OF
~ ~ their good behavior as if in their na
h tive towns. ....... .. ....
W. 70 Trade is restricted for the present t.
~ :. actual military necessity. Many ships
y, with merchandise from the North art
- -. waiting at Hilton Head for permission
- = to 90 to Savannah, but Gen. Sherman
ID had admitted only the limited quantity
- ~ of supplies required for his troops.
A mistake prevails at the North al
le to tho present inducemcnt for com
to merco at Savannah. There is not yo
H. any largo population to be supplied
a. no credit or money, no commodities o
re exchange and there can be no grea
r demand for a considerable period. Al
s. the cotton and products now within
an Savannah hnlonr IN thn Governlnpni