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The Wilmington Failure

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
January
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, Jan. 16.' ' The Navy Department has recoived the foüowing : North Atlaiïtic Squadron, U S. Flagship, ) MaiVari!, Beaufort Jai,. Ttli. Sik:. - I have the honor to iuform you, th&t a letÊof Fias beeu recoived from Liaut. Cüramauder Tertple, containing interesting taatUr concerniDg Fort Fisher. It i an important matter ei' hiertory, nd tells the whole story. Your obedient servftut, D. D. PORTBH, llear Admiral. Hon. Qidkon WsiaEfl. U. S. Stearaer Pontoosue, ) On Now Iniet, Jan. '2, 1ÖG5. ) Eear Admiral David D Portee : Sir. : - It may be of assistance to you to receive, together wiCh the rebel deseriors raentioned in mj letter of this date, the followitig memorandum of information elicited from one of their number, Corp. Thos. Lawley, of the Mariues. He say3 ho w:w stationed during and eince tliu bombardment, in tbe naval battery Buchanan, commanded by Lieut. Chnpman, and situated near the mound; that there were betvreon 500 and 600 men in the forts on the two daya of the attaek, rnd no troops in WiVmngtota or its viojiity lo reinfö'rcethem; Ihat thefire fróai the fieet ras so fioice as !o di ive the rebels frofn thoir guns and info the bóinbfjroofs throughout the greater portion of' thoir woiks, soon íiftcr tho cornmoncement of the action, that Uvo of Ijieir Brooks' guns burst, kil'ing and wounding'T.wenty-ñve of thair meo ; that we distnounted eight of their guns, besides injuring several of their guü carriages ; Ihat vve killed thirteen of their man and woundecl thirty nine ; that Gen. Whkin; sup poaed tho bpata v.'hich wertí sënf into the bar on the 25th, to bo a. Btonniilg party of seaiuen, to which he would havfi buen obliged to surrender; that tha bombardmeot ot sunset waa terrifio. When our j troops ap')carol in front of the foit, I mediately afterward, the garrison on!y waited their attaok to sarrender without reeistance ; that they could rot imagino why ths attaok hád bacn aband'ioed ; that matters remained the Sime way throughout the following day ; that '0 oould have eaaily pressed our troops into tbe fort until evening;, when Gefi Bragg arrived at W.hriington with 6,0UÜ inen frotli Richmor.d, ñnd that íinding our Iroops were re embarking, Brarg decided not to mclést ua. Resncctfuüv.

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