The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-01-18

ana evening, b Gen Aness division, sad
he second brigsds Of The srst division
army corps CALAMITY aided b e battalion
q marines and seaneu, fro1a the navy, the
ssssult vas preceded b. hesvy bombsr-
nent from the feet, and vss made st 50
?. II when the srst brigade (CurtissJ CT
Anss' division, eFeeted lo5graszt upo1
the ParaPst, but faII possession Of ths works
vas not Obtained uHlu ten P e., The bsha-
giour of beth Of ers and IA Ess most id
nirsbls; 81 the works south fFort Fisher
are H0E occupied b. Cur trooPs- We have
not ls thai Twelve hundred prisoners, Il
Gliding Gsa. whiting sad Co. Lamb, ne
s0maandaHt OF The tort. 7 regr-t 70 say
or less is severe, especially IN sEcsrs.
an not pet able 70 fern sBy estimate Of TIE
uEn5er OF casualties.
tsignedl ALFRED H. TERRY.
Brt. Ne. Cea. com'ig. Ezyeii.i Z.
Fear FIsHrz. Jz7. I6, a 3--Ahsr
esrsfui recoh agdssnoe- On he IsEh, ii vas
decide Z 10 T.sk az assault O. F0a FisEsr.
Psiaes' disision VITA Co Abboit's brigscs,
% bod or iiao slrsady strung acr0ss TIE
Peninsula ead frzg Wilmington sgiizst
Hoke, while Ames' should asssalt O. lie
vest end Aitsr three boars heavy navy
driIg, Tie ssssui. va made a. tarse 2. u. !
On the 18Th, CVrtis' brigade led and soon
vas On the vest end Of land f-ont, Il Ess
followed b. Peuai5aekers and The latter By /
Be rs. After desperate fighting. gaining 4
GAZING loot By foot, and severe loss At kts |
?. II, We had possession OF half the land !
land front. A56ott's brigade was then
{ ken rom cur liEs fseing Wilmington zud I
put into Fort Fisher, AID On pushing il fer I
TEaEd 60 ten P. n, itstook Jhs r=st q tee |
Eork with little resis,anes, the garrison |
falling TACK 70 The extreme end o. the Pc
ninsuls, where they were followed and cap
tured. Among others Gen. waiting snd /
Colonel Lamb, both mcaEted. think We /
have quite ore thousand prisoners. 4 hope !
our own loss may Tt exceed ave hundred, /
butt is imPossills 70 judge IN the night |
Among the wounded are TIE commanders /
Of the ih-ss leading brig ldes, Gan. Curtis
bsinE wounded Lot severely, but CO-oneis |
Psnne5scks- and Bell dangerously. The 1
land front vas q formidable enc, the para |
Pct Il places was fourteen o. 6hssu feet !
\ IN. hut The msn went 81 Il molly under I
severe mu,ketry Ere. TIE mariners and /
sailors went up gEllGzily, bat The nusketry /
ars fryn the eass end Of The land frs1t Eas 4
30 severe, taEt they did not succeed II eE-
tsrfng the work. The navy Ere on the
zorks, 5ud ging from the holes, must have I
beer terriac. Many o. The guns were IN !
iursd, how many there we're on the point /
esanot ssy, PerhaPs thirty OF foxy.
rsiguedl c. 3. CoEsToCE,
It. Col. A. .. c., 4 Chief Engr.
Another dispztch sstirnstss the number
Of prisoners captured q Two thousand I've
hundred, AID tbs number q guns seventy
two. General Grant telegrapAs 70 this de-
partua1t, that in honor CT this great til
unoa achieved By the united val0r Of re
army s1d navy, hs las ordered salute Of
ore ezudred guns 70 be fred b each q tie
armies operating against Richmond.
ls-SusdJ e a dana
Asst Secretary War.
FoETEEss. MoxsoK Jan. I7.-Ihs steamer
Atlantic lust arrived from Wilmington CT
firms the capture OF Fot Fisher, and u
works On Federal Point. Our -ossss Eers
heavy. Two IS inch guns burt On III
monitors. We captured sbout 7,5ss Prii-
oners-
BALTIMORE, Jan 1.-The sttack on For
Fiber eomneueed or FFiiss, al troop
were successfully Isuded. Gen. Ter
,ounan I'D the troops wh0 occupied The
entire vid b Of the peninsula. The Tort
we're entirely cut Of from Wilmington.
L.Urs7rllE, Jan. 7.-Rsbel ds.sfters = b |
zane % Kuozvilis on the I2th state thz
Vaughn, with 20 Den, ell BE has lefti va I
3. Bristol OF Tie 4 a. Freckiuridge Eith /
us command had gone 70 the Valley Ct Var /
Z uia, and it va thought would nor return. /
A report vas e--rsl. tia, The rebels bad I
,aruIrsassd ? painting q images done 20 . |
s. WORKS b. S,onelazH, dur g "a lac
-sid iato South 81 slsra Virgiu-a-
The most perfect quiet weE.sts tbrough- !
ut Ezst Tennessee Brig. Gen. Ammo /
ass resigned AID Br 2. Gen EelsJn is Nv
a 11znzud a. Enozviils-
C1scIsxArI, Jan 1.-The Tsiousi Cor
ysHtIon Of Feuisn B-olarFhOsd meets here
.o-dsy. Dsisga.ss from al parts Of the
Jaits5 States 4 Canada sBd Irslao6 sFe
present.. TIE Cy1vsnt.oa via Iaest with .
,lossd eo1rs.