Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-01

dered to advance on the sea front. Al
about nine o'clock general assault was
made. and the rebels retreated out OF the
fort toward Battery Buchanan; Cneer
aft, n cheer now rang out upon the night
dir the fact of the capture OF the tort
Was s,'gnalled to the feet almost immedl-
atnlv The navy vessels sent up rockets
in celeb ration OF the glorious event. In
| the excitement and Joy of the moment,
the killed, the dying, and the Wounoeo
were apparently forgotten.
Abbott's brigade was now ordered TO
advance upon Battery Buchanan. here
General Whiting and Colonel Lamb were
fonnd 9TH badly wounded. The garrison,
20 the number of about nineteen hundred
men, surrendered at this place. and were
marched back to the VlclnHy o. m mos
Fisher. Thus, after one OF the most
stnbbornlv fought battles OF the war, tnAs
fortiicatiou fell into the hands OF the
JTnion forces. The sacrifices of the army,
navy, aud marine corps, in killed and
wonnded. amounted to eight hundred
men. The Rebel loss was tr1tlng COM
, pared TO tho Union. .,,,
Tn tho language of General Ames, 'the
name of every officer and man engaged IN
, this desperate conflict shonld be men
! toned - but space at the present will not
= allow the recital of the sacrifices and acts
8 of herOism Ct that Day .
! The next morning terrific explosion
: Of the main magazine of the fort occurred:
a Bv this accident. one hundred ana
- fftv men were killed and wounded,
= and mapv brave man who had
;. survived the conflict OF the day pc
q fore lost his life. It was undoubtedly
A caused bv some person entering the maya
= zine with a light, without knowing It's ma
5. ture. .,
a the rebels having lost the key OF the po-
# sition, blew up and abandoned Fort Cas-
q we'll and the works on Smiths 1Siano'
= The United States forces triumphantly en-
10 tered Wilmington, N. O., on washington
n birthday.
.. Every circumstance of the second expe
:, 1ition was most suspicious So favorable
q Gas the weather, that constant communl
a cation was kept up with the neet snt
n transports and the navy was accofoee
\ three successive days for bomoardlng tne
"a fort. SO that when the column moved &c
- Tho assault there were but few guns to op
pose them. ~, 1:Lo
M General Terry deserves the hlghes
al ancomiums for the manner IN Wnlc
Sc he prepared and organized all the ue
= tails of the operations which culmlnate
NJ in the attack upon Fort Flsner. -
u true that some reinforcements nau zee
,ss thrown in the fort after the hrst attemE
oo 70 sarrv II. but General Whiting has state
= that thew were not of good material. lSe
IN. page 1O8, Report on the Conduct OF u
he Wary collation. I
re- Admiral IOrter.s CuooAy - 80 20
re- the force necessary to take the 1ors wa
nd that alter he had bombarded it, any Ian
for rs S'es ond successfully assaults il.
vas when they had carried the paraREshs s ' Az
led the garrison would capituiatfe. Inc st a,
me ments in describing the events of the fir
- expeditio ''The works we're Dasse nc
w and burnt to that degree that there T1 81
les, peared no life within the vans 81 forts Ia;
raj at our mercy, and if the men had not bee
d. brought off. the Rebels would have ave 50 q
de. rendered when they marched up al ana a. {,
At navy op aned fire." lSee n9po[1 y. Co ~.
lad mittee ON the Conduct of the War, pa
lad 178.J r'They 1.-THE forts) were SO blown snn n
burst Sd and ';S S Of sRs ps9t
Al. longer There never was q fort th
,er, invited soldiers to walk in and take Pr 2:
ITS, session more plainly than Eoi. 5.
or, er......Ws hare ahoNn the weakness