New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-19
Pariienlars or sbc Naval Attach -The
Landing and the Victory.
Prom Our Special Correspondent.
on BOARD u. s. STE AMIR VANDERBILT. !
orr NEW INLET N C., Jan. lG, 1865. :

OS BOARD u. D. STEAMER VANDERBILT, Z
OFF New INLET. n. C., Jan. l6. 1865.
The expedition, Of which Wilmington is the
objective Is at last crowned with success Fort Fisher
10 ours and with the line Of Notifications extending
from the fort to the Mound Battery Lamb, distance
Of Lsf mile, and the glorious flag Of the Union now
floats IN triumph where It never foated befoIeoSer
this the last and oil things considered, the most i'm
poriant. stronghold In Rebellion. No words Of mine
add ots TO the glory Of this achievement. No
mere passing record Of events. durins the memorable
attack and successful elimination. do justice TO the
consumma,e daring and bravery OF the heroic who
have wsesed this important stronghold from desperate
foe ard plalted-alrosr in the jaws Of defest--the
glorious standard Of liberty upon its wslldefended
walls.
Tie combined feet and land operations. which were
recommended at daybreak on the morning Of Friday
Jan. IL and which eliminated In capture and pos
session Of the fort and adjacent shore batteries the
night Of tie 18th. are briefly these,
THE NAVAL ATTACK
Was commenced soon after a. on Friday 18th.
The order OF attack was substantially the
the previous bombardnent II IL sufficiently detailed
In the following general orders copies Of which were
supplied to each vessel composing tho squadron'
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. FLAG-SHPl
MAYHEM. dan. 2, leoa
GENERAL ORDER No. u. The order Of attack for the
next bombardment Of Fort Fisher will be as follows
The New Iron-ides. Commodore Radford, willie
and anchcr with the OF the north east face VI
tho fort bearing w. by > s., the monitors following.
The iron elads will anchor in succession a. oows the
Dictator will anchor close 10 aud but length ahead aud
outside Of the New Ironsdes. The Mahopac Canon
icus and Saueus viii anchor In line close together
between the New ilonsides and the beach, aud the !
Nonadnock viii select aspositon IN the same line so
that she will have room 70 swing and bring both tarrets
to bear.
When these vesse.s are fairly engaged signal will be
made TO the Brooklyn to so IN aud engage the enemy
taking her position n anchor close nnder the stern OK
the Now Ironsdes, with her bfoadside bearing on Fort
Fisher The BrooklJ viii be followed In by the Mo- !
hiean Tacony. Kansas. Unadlls, Huron. Maumee.
Pawuxet Seneca Pontcosuc, Nyack. Nantic aud
Nereus in the order Ia which they marked the
Chart The line when anchored should b. with the |
Brooklyn bearing abont south by east This will be
line Of battle No l.
Line OF battle No win take position when thelesd.
ing vessel oflne No Is anchored with the Minnesota
leading, Color ado next. Wabash. SusquehaDna Pow
hatan, Junata. Shenandoah Ticondcroga. Aher the |
Minnesota anchors IN her old place COR closerl where
her guns will clear the New IroDsides. the Colorado
win pass her and anchor both ships firing slowly 10 get
their range they IN. When the Colorado Is al.
chored and firing with effect all the vessels OF line No.
will anchor IN position efactIy as tney ala Oh pre-
Tie Vanderbilt viii then anchor little outside Of
and between the Colorado and Wabash, Maekinaw
between Susquehanns and Wabash. and Tuscarora
between Juniata and Powhatan.
when line No 9 has anchored, line No. viii take |
position the Santiago dc Cuba loading which vessel
Ti anchor with The center OF the s T. face OF Fort
Fisher bearing n w N. or Just ahead Of Tieon. |
dernea The Fort jackson will then pass the Santiago
dc Cuba and anchor as close get the Osceola
will pass the Fort Jackson end anchor and SO on with
sassacus Chippewa, X. X. Cuyrr. Maratangs Rhode
Island Monticello. Alabama. Montgomery, Aey stone |
State Quaker CITY, ending with the 1osoo.
When signal made 10 form line Of battle all the YES
sells Of lines Nos 2and will fall In line 10 the order
mentonedthe brooklyn leading line No; l., the Min
ncsota line No and the Santiago de Cuba line No D.
when any vessel Is missing the vessels behind must
close up All tho vessels can with safety g.. in closer
than they did the last time For this they must depeud
on the lead and past experience.
All firing against earhwoks when the she'll burst IN
the air is thrown away The object Is 10 lodge the
shell In the parapets and tear away the travecs under
which tho bOmbproofs are located. A sholl and
then exploding over gun en- barjet may have good of
feet but there is nothing like lodging the shell before IL
explodes. The red lines the chart indicate the OBJ
jcct each vessel Is TO lire at Us near make out
tho works.
In case 1t is determined 10 land the troops before en-
gazing tue forts signal will be made Each vessel viii
have her bOats In readiness dseubark tho troops
rapidly possible When the signal Is made they will
run In and anchor close TO the Shore covering the land
ing with their guns. The paddle steamers VIII not
their paddle boats but only their dsvit boats) unless
dcred TO do All these things will be regulated by
signal. All the precautions observed la General Order
No. 10. will DO observed on this occasion.
Fire deliberately. Fiji the vessels up with every shell
they can carry, ard fire TO dismount the guns and
knock away the trayersos Tho angle near tho ships
hns heayr assanlatss knock II away. Concsntr e Gre
always os one point, With Tie guns disabled the fort
will soon DO onrs. NN fHV I |
No vessel viii retire from line unless 10 sinking con.
dition. without permission. -
SO many accidents have happened with the loo.
Founder rides that recommend fthey be used at ALL
the charges BIO reduced to seven O pounds and the
time usos burst after leaving tho gun fire them with
patch on, or fire percussion shell
When tho troops ready for the assault signal viii
be made 10 change the direction Of Gre by hOising