The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-01-25
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does, tur II DO war (il tRe Afl.hpdu Hdu
the present system of eaithwo,k defeaScs
been tested. aud in the Crinoa there i
no u-tancenf a successful assault upon
any work ill it had been regularly ap
preached by eia0u'a'e and prOtracted seigr
operations. Now for the first time is a
really formidable ea,thwoIk carried by a
direct assault, and in military polur oi
view. therefore, the sturmIug of Forj
Fisher j. prrbably entitled 10 be rcc&u1ed
the most brilliant, as il surely IS the must
remarkable, victory Of the war.
Fort Fisher was the strongest fort in
the South. With It's extensive esstem
Of oulworkS, constructed at leisure By tie
best engineering talent of the Confedera,
cy, relied on for the sure Gefepce Of The
sole remaining port into which blockade
runners regularly attempted to enter, iu'-
measurabiy important to the external
support Of The Rebellion. it was deemed,
and within fortnight has been proclaim
Cd by the Rebel forces, Absolutely impreg
nable' We possess as yet no exact &C
count Of this work, but its intrinsic
strength n,ay be judged from the fact
that il has remained unjnInred after the
most tremendous naval boubsrdueut
which any fort has endured, that it's par.
apct aud stockade were fifteen feet high,
aud that after a portion o.; the parappt
was in possession Cf the a>saultiug col
umn, the remainder OF the font deticd their
efforts for seven hours and until r, Cnforce
meut5 had been brought up. The carry
:ng by storm Of such a work is an epoch
in military history. As the Monitor
NrrriLac fight was 10 naval warfare, a>
the preaching Of Pulaski by light guns
AZ eighteen huudrcd wards wa' To casemai-
cd Iorts on land, So may the stormiUg If
ToIr Fisher be to the newly vauutcd earth
work dereu>cs. The ever o.cillatIug su.
pcrurrrl of att2ck and defense whTch for
three years ha, beSn supposed tU be With
tie !alter, rest to day with the t"rmer -
iieroism Is better taan dirt. The mason
ry Vaubqn dcfed the weak artillery Of
the first half ut the century, aud when
that system fell the earthworkS Of T"dtle-
ben again restored the ODDS 10 defcn
>ive warfare, but he genius and the res
ulute will Of one commander aided by the
unequaled ,aIur OF his troops have ueu
lralzed aud ovcrpoWercd the b,sr srgD
eerng science Of the day,and at this mo
ment TO fUr;ifcat:on is secure against
assault.
ALFRED H. TERRY, Drcvct Major
General [ lifted State. Volunteers, is the
hero Of this new success Educated
lawyer, never within fifty miles Of Wet
Point, a child Of the people and a soldier
in ihi, war from the beginning for con
cicuce sake-he it is who has won 10 a
single DIV national fame and prufeSS
jo0al ulllIarv renn~n rot inferior 10 the
proule.t. Gen Terry has one of the few
men WHO before th" war saw the nccce>S
ity Of rrcpIra,inn for it, who H. lppd to
put i, : a (C"nncctitui} III preparation
for it. and h. devoted bis oRn energies
to its approaching dema"ds lie wa>
among the first in the field, has scr' ed
ana win ever increasing d'''Inc
ton since, aud bow at bound reaches
the highest place among the soldiers !ot
the kep"tlIc.
The praciIcaI value OF TINS success i
Nv" tcid. HE port OF Wilmington Is
cio>ed Absolutely asaln,t oIocE'ue rnnn
lng' and me town ''s'h IS im"'lne"t'y
threatened ne ior"cr l. oy lar tue
most lnip"rtaht' our inc caplH. 2 "t J" IL
mI"gt"" Is success TO ich we may
look forward as extremely valuable a.
cl">l' an important line "t railway -
" hether 1t can be immediately atIemt,
eu VIII depeho on tHc stIehSt "oI Ucn
leIrIS t''ce,
OHF EPFclal correspondent Senu' very
inII ana excellent accounts "f the oppeTa
a.