Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-20
CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.
rHE WORKS CARRIED BY ASSAULT.
The Whole Garl ison Captured.
OUR LOSSES SEVERE.
oFFIcIAL pIsPATcnEa.
WAsHisaroS. il

WAsHiSGros. Jan. l7.-l040 A. NJ.
hy. Gen Dir, Ns,o lork.
The following Official dispatches have Just
been received at this Department:
HEAD QUARTERS U. g. FoRcEs os FEDERAL
foINT, N. c.. Jan. l5 1865, via Fortress Mon
roe, Jan. l7-Brig Gen. ]. A. Rawlins -
General IL have tue hODor to report thst Fort
Fisher was carried by assault this afternoon and
evening, By Gen. Ames' division and the second
brigade Of the first division Of the cath Army
Corps, aided by battalion OF marines aud sea-
men from the navy.
The assault was proceeded by a heavy bonn.
bArimeDt from the Federal feet, aud was made
at D.. 10 p. NJ. when the first brigade, General
Curtis, Of Ames' division, effected q lodgment
upon the parapet, but full possession Of the
work was not obtained until 10 P, NJ.
The behavior Of officers and men was most
admirable. All the works south Of Fort Fisher
are now occupied by our troops. We have rot
less than ], 200 prisoners, including General
Whiting and Col Lamb, the eommandant Of the
Fort
Iregret to say that our loss Is severe espe.
cially in officers. am not yet able to form any
estimate Of tile number of casualties.
(Signed,) ALFRED II. TERRr,
breTet Maj. Gen. Commanding Expedition.
FoRr FisHER Jan. 10th, "a. NJ.
Aon O. A. Dana, Assistant Secretary Of War:
After careful reconnaissance on the l4th, il
Nh7 NNNAueu ~ Ilbh hu hdthult on fOrl FISHER.
Pane's division, with Col Abbotrs brigade,
we're to hold our line, already strong, across the
Peninsula, and facing Wilmington, against Hoke,
while Ames' division should assault on the West
end OF the land front, and 400 marines and 1000
sailors on the East end After three hours Of
heavy Navy fire the assault was made Of p II.
on the 18th.
Gen. Curtis Brigade led, aud as soon as it
got on the west end Of the land front was follow
ed by PenDypaeker and later BY Bells. Aftef
desperate lighting gaining foot by foot and
severe loas, at z. NJ, We had possession Of
about half the land front.
Abbolt's brigade Was then taken form our line
facing Wilmington, and put into Fort Fisher,
aud on pushing it forward at 10 p. NJ. it took
hs rest of the works with little resistat ,, the
garrison falling back to the extreme point of
the Peninsula, where they we're followed and
eaPiured-amcng others, General Whiting and
colonel Lamb, both wounded. think We have
! quite one thousand prisoners. | hope our own
loss may not exceed five hundred, but It is i'm
possible TO judge in the night. Among the
wounded are The commanders of the three lead
ing brlgades, General Curtis being wounded, not
severely, but Coonels Pennypacker aud Bell
dangerously. The land front was formidable
one, the parapet, in places 10 to 20 feet high,
but the men went at it noby and under a Sc
we're mukeiry FIRE.
The marines and sailors went up gsllantly,
pnt the musketry ERE from the east end OF the
land front was so severe, that they did not sue.
coed 10 entering the work.
The Navy FIRE on the work, judging from the
holes, must have been terrific. Mnay Of the
guns were injured. How many there were on
the point cannot say, perhaps so or 40.
Signed G. b. CoNsrocK.
Ii. Col. A. D. c., and Chief Engineer.
Another despatch estimates the number Of
prisoners captured at 2500 and the number Of
guns OF 70.
Gen. Grant telegraFhs, in honor Of this great
triumph achieved by the united valor Of the
army and navy, he has ordered q salute Of 100
guns to be fired by each Of the armies operating
against Richmond. C. A. DAHA,
Assistant Secretary of War.
ADhIRAL PoRTnR's FIRST DESPATCH.
WAsHlHoTos, Jan. 1.-THE Navy Depart
ment has received the following:
FROM orr FoRT FGsaER, Jan. 10 -TeleRraph-
ed from Fortress Monroe, Jan. 17-Hon. Gideon
Weles, Secretary Of the NAvy-sir: Fort Fish-
er la ours. send bearer Of dispatches with
brief account Of the affair. Gen. Terry is en-
tliied TO the highest praise and the gratitude Of
his country for the manner in which be has con-
daeted his part Il the operations. he ia my
beau ideal Of soldier and general, Our co
| operation has been most cordial. The result Is
victory which will always be ours when the
army and navy 20 hand in hand. The navy
loss 10 the assault was heavy. The army loss
is also heavy.
DID. PORTHE, Rear Admiral.