The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-26

vessel was ever found, and probably
like most OF the Confederate records
lit was destroyed In Richmond whcr
carey,a diary alone is our guide. ariie
| Ehicknmaugn ran out from over New
Inlet bar on the night OF October %
Captured and burned the ship Emily
=. Hall, sugar-laden, on October 31st
October soth:Burned the bark MARI
ship Albion Lincoln. On November Isl
sighted the Lighthouse on Montaul
Point at the end OF Long Island, N. "
Scnttled the schooners Good Speed and
Otter Rock, and got papers showing
search OF us. November Sth--Changed
course and stood for Bermuda. Regch-
ed ST. George. November 7tb--S1x.
ty-five men and the gunner deserted
November 1sthRe- entered the port
OF Wilmington after a sharp en-.
gaEernent with Ave. OF the enemy's
sells were then put out OF commission,
loaded with cotton, and sailed for Ber-
muda or Nassau.
Capture Of Fort Fisher.
An attempt was made upon Fort
Fisher some time before the final bat
tie. which resulted in It's capture. Cen
aeral Butler showed his Ignorance OF
Ia USE AIU AEILCCI5 exploding. Z YES
sci containing several hundred tons OF
Eunpowder as near the fort as he could
get. The result was at appreciative
as Enat on the horn of an OK. Thu
ships OF the Confederate States Navy
NJ WflD1tn Uton, having ben put out OF
commission. as stated. the naval crews
and officers were turned over to Col.
Lamb. A separate navy battery way
under command OF Lieutenant Chap
man and the balance In the fort. POI
m rn1
ence with the United States NAVY De-
part we learn:
That in this attack there were
st twenty transports. carrying about
eighteen thousand troops
The fleet consisted Of four monitors
and the ironrlads New Ironsides and
Dictator. with forty eight frirates.
sloops and Eunboats. carrying in the
aggregate. $40 guns while the fort
manned only seventr-five guns. The
est being q half mile from the fort,
and the others one-nuarters of a mile
each farther out: while fifth line, as
reserves. We're one ard one-half mites
NARY Is. 1865, with a terrible lombard
ment, which put out of action all hut
two of the forts guns At 10 o'clock
of the 18th the men from the ships
assalled the water front. wIile the
army took the north face OF tbs fort.
The naval crowd was driven back with
great loss. while the army was mere
successful. and obtained foothold IN
the fort Then commenced tie most
desperate contest. from casamate to
casemate. ard 1T was not until s o'clock
in the afternoon that our boys. over
come with frtigue and outnumlnrcd.
surrendered the fort
We have no official record If our
losses. Admiral Porter gives the loss
as follows: Naval officers and men
Killed and woEnacd %; soldiers 500.
with 200 additional killed by magazine
explosion. After surrender. Confed-
crate loss. 500 killed. besides wound
ed 4, 800 prisoners" Porter says they
tt'expended $4,000 She'll and that there
was not an inch of ground inside the
fort that was not plowed up y; that the
fort was mass of ruins and only two
guns that Were of any use. With the
fall OF the fort. all our other forth
fications were blown up and abandoned.
and Wilmington fell into the hands OF
the enemy
(To be Continued Next Sunday.)