The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-21
tc.y9ed
s'Drie,S Report,

Na-l.H4-oS, Jan THE follow Inc
Ia, e.e.: rer"i.nd AZ the Nay Depar.m II.
.roa. Ad:i..ca. Porter:
t..As >afr NAL.EgN. or ECar E-sI-
E2, y t, aa.i. l:.-S.I I have tie honor
20 iltor.i. Vel. ..at operations have been
comm aDced against the fort IT ;.le entrance
o: CAP. .ea. r:ver. Since the frs. attacl,
on that pace aaj the subsequent wittd-a
Il o. tee troops, have been -i3.c-ed in
hil.n, TEE sap w.; ammunition ard coa..
The a. sicu ties W. have encountered no one
can ccGeeire AL aE- work .ad I'd b. done
viii. tae .arge vessels an 40 red on the
coast, exposed, you ma almost say a. sea.
20 tae ..oent ga.as thai h.aw almost IL ces-
saa..r. OK. t..a-e ga.es the aEamy daneai-
Ell 10 1rea1 Up cur preparations. We ". II
see. Wa have gone through Tire worst o.
It, aai aage he'd on through gales heatv
enough 20 drive every thing to sea, and We
Eavs sustained no damage whatever As
sooa as the gale WAS over got lEl:e- xar
| OF tae eth inst, and getting .he vessels IN
tlair lines, VIA the transports Il. .3:nra-
ny, l steered .or Fort Fisher, and on the
morning of the, til the feet took its sta
ton III ;a.-re lines close TO the beach, and
toe boats we.esent e. once to ta.e q. the
troops. These men landed with about II
day prnv .sioas 1T about . O'Clock r. m
Tn.s Time ! pursued "A q; ferent plan ia at
tacx.ng ,.e rehe. WORKS. sent il tie new
I.olslaa-. Gcyan.oiore Da:fora, leading
ne noa.t0ss >augL., Caao.icus, Monad-
mock az! " a.iassee, AZ ! 20 n. II. The forts
oreae.. % taer. a. they approached. but
they quietly took IN their old position il
1000 yards u tort Fisher, and when ready
thev opened their battery. l attempted
to engage tie nlonito-- that we Nigh. see
what guns they had, and seeing where
they were be enabled 70 cisGouct them.
Quite u spirited enga-e:,. ~ went between
tha forts aud the iro.. monitors. It was
sooa appa.e:l- taat the icon vessels Lad the
oes, oi It. Trayerscs began 10 disappear,
aad the southern angle Of Fort f'ishe- be-
gan to look very di.aridated. The guns
were s.leacea, oEe alter the other, and q
heavy gun ia the south angle kept up il,
lis tre. THE fire OF this g-.. was not II a,
accurate "a Il Inflicted 10 damage OF our
vessels. They were hit several times hy
way Of letting the enemy Know we lad
some shei! on board tie wooden sl4ips, and
I'D no. intend 20 take aay u1ta!- advar
tage Q. hiDa by using is re- vessels
alone.
ordered line No. II Tia rlac, led by
Captain Alden, OF the Brooklyn, and Line
No. = ed by Commander Thatcher, y. the
the Colorado, 10 50 and atsacs The batteries.
THIS was done il the ha2Gsoaies- manner.
Nota mistake was made except III tiriag
TOO rapidly. making too mach smoke
The .ieavy fire Of the yasse.s smut ~ The
eEeny's guns Al once, and alter triIg III
after dark, tie wooden vessels dropped
ogi;. The iconsiles and noaIfo-a MAIN
tAiEaa Their positions throughout the n. ZlC
firing q shell low ard then. They art
now living within loco yards o: The for, and
the monitors within 20 yards, AID tie fort
does not tire gun .. tc-n,, thinking. no
aou bs. thar it is waste D. powder. lae
Gr:ag from tie fleet vii. CON- acne. as soon
rs We get brea ktasL, and be- heptup IL long
as tie ordnance department provides u
with shells and guns.
There ~ a perfect Understanding bet " cen
Gen. Terry AID .lyse.t. / beiisye every