, 1865-01-22

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An Account Of tho First Bonbardment
Of Fort Fisher, bT One who was In.
The following is eztracted from letter
printed in the Fayetteville [North carolfna)
0oxrrer, written by rebcl: soldier who .was
Inside Fort Fisher during tho 1rst bombard
ment. II mag be callcd IN inside view Of
bombanlment: -
:, About u O'clock tho fleet had formed III
Inc nf bat'lc. md commenced to uova up.
VA tlG en sa e. G R hue s Fs.sS Foases saang g s 1
monitors, md tic great llnp Of smallcr ves.
scls-strcichtd away out, Utmost Us fat as the
cye could reach. Nearer and ncarcr They nr%
pfoucl. Al 10 cain md qntot III tho fort
tho men wore at thc!r g'.ns-nur Colonel
sa's n na "a S Tbs rarops r"san %'s ;n h1 1dtq to nG .
they come. !, mud now they nre In position 4
fash, q curl Of smoke, and \ loud report, fol-
lowed by the ehrfckinE nolso Of tho shet1h
rom ona of tho f1'gatcss, announces tho 1glt
cat'l1ncnced.-twcnty minutes huforo o'clock.
thlck ii ,hs s,,eIf ,o,a ssoand. tlio Gs ,inndess
ofarttlfery, lhrfl aro tho flashes OF grent guns
ns They votnit forth tlirlf. .fnlasllc1 Of death
and deasrnction. AMI, oh nohly, a.ana our
men 70 ~, thgr Kuns From shSpasrd: DAs.
calmly, the gunners sighting tieir, guns ~ If
they wcsc ptaptlcing 1t . targot.
THO scoio IL grand aud awful. From eyesy
and high up u tlv a!r hunt!ro!ls Of s!noky
rtngs nfo fhrt,eA from tho explosion Of shells.
II firing a9fs not nhasc In The lcnstl II IN.
oreascs al tl@ fight rrogrcascs, and tue, no1fo
y dcalcnlng. The cnomy hnvo concentrated
Their ilse on our taG, md tMo hnllsarla aFo
eral places, and falls. Tie dag At Tic Mound
sin ilonts, and now they tlro IN It thick and
fast. ~ last thsy strike It, and down It
eomca but it Ia Immediately salscd agaln.
Bang, bang, bang, Whlz, whlz, wllz, clash,
clash, clash, Ill the time. Tho 4uartcrs have
caught fire, and tho bright flames stretch out
thelf tongues, while the heavens are envefop-
ed n dark clouds Of smoke.. Tho air is sui
phurous, ffoul burned powder. Still all goes
About & o'clock the fire of the enemy be.
gins to slacken, and theinterval5 between tho
1rfng are longer. Still gradually 1t slackens,
and at 5I1< o'clock the aght ceases-the ves.
The damage done to the fort has been very
slJght-bardly any-and our weary, gallant
sofGiers rest from Their struggle for tha while,
as they expect ano her attack at night. The
casualties ate forty-three-one. mortally,
twenty-three severely, and Eineteen slightly
wounded. - ::
SUNDAYS r16Hr.
This day will always be memorable to the
men who gnrrisoned Fort Fisher. =.
/ The expectation Of the garrison that VIC
would have night fight was not realized.
The night was spent in watchlulness aud re-,
tight, Our noble General Whiting had ar-
rived, and all was confidence and cheerful.
ness. As the morning dawnetl, the ficut could
be dlsccrned In the distance getting ready to
renew the attack; hat It was not expected
that operations would commence before high
tide, which would be about ha1fpast -
O'Clock. However, every man was athis post,
ready, at any moment, to again engage the
1eet. About 10 o'clock the fleet commenced
moving ln-their extreme right resting near
Gatlin's Battcry, about six miles up the beach,
and their left extending down to the fort.
ing on her right aud left, and the Monitors to
tho right Of The irigates. ! counted hfty.two
vessels In all-oue 1ronssdcs, three or four
Monitors, four ftigAtes and for&y-seven other
| vessels. They. steamed IN very slowly, two
the fort, and the ironclads and Monitors lying
| abreast Of the center front. The 1ronsfdes
and Monitors came up within mile the res
| Of the feet remained ont about one md hal
miles. AT 1880 d. m. the first gun was fret
nect--Aring very slowly and deliberately To-
the while. The fort reserved it's fire, think
Ing that the wooden fleet would be tempted
to come In closer range. Finding, however
that they would not come closer, our gun
opened, also firing very slowly. The day wa
quite ioEgy, a1d the smoke from the gun
rendered It more SO.
l. About Il o'clock the fire commenced to In
crease with great .ap!dtty. Tho dull, hcavy
humping sounds Of the enemy's g1tns US the,
whist1ing, s1rlcking sound Of the shells u
they came wbizzing mid bttzzing through tht
air. Their explosion and tho tnyrind frag
rnents that went rats!ing by, thick alntost a
i,ai, were terrible to listea to-. Terrific con
iinucd thc bo1nbartlnient-t,o slow firing now
w6uld shuot slicr ilefl.balls, not car1tY wficrt
they throw tfIcni-fhster and faster comics tin
lfon lial1, iuuder and lut,tler euutls t(it terri
bic tluhdes--thc dir Is hot With tho fire, sslgi
f,,ti'asc ing eatti alakes TO interval of anl
ntt sll Ii t1ulft,- et1i.l, battK ahl oay. n,tsi
cser tivt'f M iuti i,ahx. 6anu, tMtv
4.!fehrr thnn tott gut cu'ttIt. The etl Al,'e
~ hgai; 1l'e|e !sY, ES. sl'e11 Ni tTiistIlnE by
rlctifkK, rpstinu iilIii iii oser WITH lh9 wpl
taMl, lle ,i0et lIut usuIl iIUye, INT nyuh taht.
NJ l,l4 ls "I E' If t .siisi;' 'i1' r ,' S"s '''fh'
| Nli[l Mu Iutri h1tt!ur tIir evening >tIts t'lt
!iH l,n" ia..s, 'o%ly ns w., sa, 1!@ n.t !
Aay nEhting NJ day. aad e!Il! !lHl,llltls tlMf.
i i 1o DC ii tieI tllry t,Rllt " ,,irl, It'yu
nnEht 6ulbfp WILL! hurry R.!lIa. unluuul l.aN't
aud t'eneral Whiting a;u ovrry.wtlara uloI!!I
llio llurs. HtIc0llrn4!nK tIrll lfoIn l!attnry Il
.ney 1e ,n ne 'N H. ~ rs ~,
of, thu companies nrs ali NJ ilalt ln,sta. ,,.,
Thu bullilmtt1ntunt e.',ttllluei turr !llu till
atotit ho'clurk. .whut | b. firing suddenly slack
cuci ffom thu flettt IL WIS thgti lfstpvurrt
t1Rl lilr ehrny hall atitcerttctl 10 lanlttK
thkt. tlielr llItc tf ,sh!rhlallufs wis adsahalnI
ot thr tttt. All IL rsotIeitr,t! how. Our Ii
tatttry t1aN ttr tathlutsi and HOW t1ln eliat
cthtk Of The rio thti be lenftl i!istahtl Hr VI
iieaty buunl'IH 0f Kts!!a. rhisat, md Iarke
aiiiatfott-s,!r tIiost terrific 6ual6hfdment no,
eVh,nlenetel tho deut lihyu tteul thtlr tan
| fircrt. and ltIey 0i,en with gtrhter vim lllh
eyer, TO krtp our 'lien ft0n engaging tn
sk'fsitlslltfe. Eol. Lamb e0lllts r!lsltit'g y
Tho parA,M!r, hu ral!A;for f|s t!ut to mall u
answer 70 ii. oali. Away they won. atler NJ.
and soon They arc In ltsa, ssAty 70 meet. I'll
,enttny, Tile a!latp praek Of tho Rita la Nuke
with Enr noise OF ihe cannon. Thu Yankee
nAn bu sscn creeping away On tholF belle
llks omwlng w!lrms. tteNt. 4ln!ter, WI
I'll. e. Tans!l and m Me. sa,sndefa S Sroa'nons i
junior toaeryca, encouraging them on: fh!nt|
c,owa Tho can,onade: tho musket firing III
ceased the lcet ia drawing oil; tho land
lack bus been rcpulscd. Tho days fight
over; and, thank God, al} Is we'll.
naoy Account or n lsebel Panic.
The correspondent Of tho Mobile -ddwrtfst