Posted on 01/19/2025 7:46:03 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
[OFFICIAL.]
FROM SECRETARY STANTON.
FORTRESS MONROE, Tuesday, Jan. 17 -- 10 P.M.
The rebel flag of Fort Fisher was delivered to me on board the steamer Spalding, off that place, yesterday morning, Jan. 16, by Major-Gen. TERRY.
To the President:
An acknowledgment and thanks for their gallant achievement was given in your name to Admiral PORTER and Gen. TERRY, from whom the following particulars were obtained: The troops arrived off Fort Fisher Thursday night. Friday they were all landed under cover of a heavy fire from the squadron. A reconnoissance was made by Gen. TERRY on Saturday. A strong defensive line against any of the enemy's forces coming from Wilmington was established on Saturday, and held by 4,600 men, chiefly colored troops, and an assault was determined on. The assault was made on Sunday afternoon at 3 1/2 o'clock. The sea-front of the fort had been greatly damaged and broken by a continuous and terrible fire of the fleet for three days, and the front was assaulted at the hour mentioned by a column of seamen and marines, 1,800 strong, under command of Capt. BREESE. They reached the parapet, but after a short conflict this column was checked, driven back in disorder, and was afterward placed on the defensive line, taking the place of a brigade that was brought up to reinforce the assaulting column of troops. Although the assault on the sea front failed, it performed a useful part in diverting the attention of the enemy, and weakening their resistance to the attack by the troops on the other side. The assault on the other and most difficult side of the fort was made by a column of 3,000 troops of the old Tenth Corps, led by Col. CURTIS, under the immediate supervision of Gen. TERRY.
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Fort Fisher: Details of the Victory – 2-4
Gen. Grant’s Army: An Important Report – 4
South Carolina: Sherman’s New Movement – 4-5
Blair in Richmond: Rebel Reports of the Result of His Interview – 5
From the South: Spirit of the Southern Press – 5-6
News from Washington – 6-7
Thirty-Eighth Congress: Second Session – 7-8
The Official Reports of Admiral Porter and Gen. Terry – 8-9
Editorial: Sherman in South Carolina – 9
Editorial: The Wrangling of the Rebels in the Hour of Ruin – 9
Amusements this Evening – 9
Today, January 19th, is Robert E. Lee’s birthday.
The late Paul Greenberg, of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, would write a beautiful tribute to General Lee on this date every year.
The chessboard warriors at New York Times wouldn’t understand.
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