The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1865-01-25

EoEF slll WAR 3, B El}lI Fl ']1
Battle effort Fisher.
rrom s lxisis I Atay. SO 80
|,7o the President: aH1 u.
l. The troops aftise,l 5of F6rtIRisiles, on
Thursday night, On Friday they were
all landed under cover. of' i heavy frc
ffrom the squadron. a. recon oisasce
was made by General Terry on 81 Saturday !;
a strong defensive; line, ngsinst,.any iof
the cnemy,'sIforccc' coming from whining:
ton was established, and SHIELD, by,4 900
men, chiefly colored troops, aud an
assault vas determined on. :~sThe FIRST
assault was made on Sunday P. NJ. at
$3.50 o'clock. The sea front Of the fort
had been, greatly, damaged and broken
by the continuous Ere ~ofStheF feet for
three days,and tho; front, was. assaulted
! ut the hour mentioned BY column of
seamcn:and marines 800 strong. under
command of Capt. Breeze. They
reached the .parapet, hu, after a,shor,
conflict this column was checked; driven
Is s =, ~ Isc'.n;.SS' 49,. ,tS,
Lee riacc oF hr;,,,,n"" tha, WIN. bron"ht, nm
r. -. cnfarc. ibo ossanl,;ny column Of
| troops.
Although the assault on the sea front
failed, it performed very useful part in
5;vcr,;no rho attention NJ tbe encnv md
Weakening their resistance to the ,ttork
by the troops on.tl.e o,bcr.sidc,saI
The assault, on the other aud most
difficult side uf the for, was made By a
column of 1000 troops Of the old 10Th
Corps. led by Col. Curtis. under The i'm,
mediate supervision orGcu. Terry.
The cnemys force in the FOR, was over
, 200. The cGufir, lasted for seven
hours, tn. works vera SO constructed
that every traverse afforded the enemyo,
new defensive position, whence ,heylhad
to be drivcn. -,....-...'...... b.. IT,. .s...
Ar about ten o'clock NJ NIGHT the
encmy were entirely driven from the
furt and forced down toward Federal
Point, followed by u brigade OF our
troops, and about twelve o clock ut night.
Gen. Whiting surrendered himself and
hi. command to Gen. Terry uncondi.
,;on,lIylas nr;;soners Of wur numbering
over 500 the remainder of his force
being killed and wounded, .-..s.' -. -
Our loss was no, accurately ascer,uincd
on Monday, hut was estimated at between
700 and 500 in killed and wounded. be-
s;das Tho naval loss which was SLIGHT.
M, cxcccd;,r 100 killed and wouplcd.
o. Moaaas rnorn;nn ho,uoon & md
= $3.50 ~ ,n.n.z;ns nc For, T;sher
, .'Ses' ..;, T ga ,sou.d;na 3oo ~
e Hpo 49, ;,h. o,n,nre :rte,bc
cv. r' 49, $50 80 ,,;.hJ,,mn ey.
aon, ' 49, ,,r;na,Ii ,.f, IN rhnrva of rho
r ,raprls INV '"1' "
pn,f..t h,rmo,v and concer, Of ,o,;on
1914 ta,ma"n ,hn lad md nnv,l
c'" 80 ~, ,ho;r snoo,;vn romm,nde,s
,1;, -. I" p',,u, I'D C.n.r,I T.rrv v;cd
e. ,ha;. .onwouda,;on NJ c,rh o,brr
E.oh .oomo,, NOR. ,rx;o,s n do iust;cc
'."." 'e .,s ,h U' - a ni;" Nv v,H;u, i,r
!: : ."e r'"s '' ,hn, 49," - IL. h;.bcs,
"'mse',, i l,E ' ~ ,ho nny,l and military
e ,@ors and f,rccs cn.arcJ Tu Ills
barn,nrv ~ f,cIinr md the confident
sn;r;, ;nsn;rsd m,y oerh,ns be attributed
r. .omo dorrco No success Of our attack
s;,h neoriy cou,l numbers, acaius,
WIN w." .o,
~ ',as o e ~ s,-on,,b nnI which
c e u' Raamrcrord n few DAVIS before,
ur",n"ncoJ ;mnrcyn,ble i
The armament Of the fort was y guns,
some &c of Fl large ealiJer md fiaed, and Que
Armstrong gun. Tho troops in the
fort had ra,ions for sixteen days. Their
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