. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . sa Napoleon gun. There were three mortars inrear of the land-face. It was after a careful reconnoissance on De-cember 25th, 1864, having drawn our fire by anadvance of his skirmish-line to within 75 yards ofthe fort, that General Godfrey Weitzel, findingthe works substantially uninjured by the explosionof the powder-ship [see p. 655] and the two daysterrific bombardment of Porters great armada, re-ported to Butler that the fort could not be carriedby assault. & In the works on tha
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . sa Napoleon gun. There were three mortars inrear of the land-face. It was after a careful reconnoissance on De-cember 25th, 1864, having drawn our fire by anadvance of his skirmish-line to within 75 yards ofthe fort, that General Godfrey Weitzel, findingthe works substantially uninjured by the explosionof the powder-ship [see p. 655] and the two daysterrific bombardment of Porters great armada, re-ported to Butler that the fort could not be carriedby assault. & In the works on that afternoon were turf. The fort was far from complete when it was at-tacked, especially as against an assault by land; the sidesexposed to the sea being first constructed, on the theorythat the Army of Wilmington would prevent an invest-ment.—W. L. 3> General B. F. Butler iu his report of the operationsof his troops, says in part: Brevet Brigadier-General [N. M.] Curtis, who deserveswell for his gallantry and conduct, immediately pushed up Idsbrigade within a few hundred yards of Fort Fisher, captur-. t Minnesota 4-9Dlvisiorv • GOV. BUCKINGHAM,. .. COLORADO f BRITANNIA::- SsSyyAJJDERBILT , TRISTRAM SHANDY~-.£J» WABASH .^^macKjnaw^ ^Division «-• SUSQUEHANin/i ^ T INANSEMOND ATAN 9 LILIAN f EMMA CO 3>>£ or •ticonderoca 2?Division j^ I ^GETTYSBURG (n i°fEOLUS [y f MOCCASIN Ct: t i _ ^SANTIAGO DECUBA,«(n. . £ ,\> FT JACKSON / \.-\> OSCEOLA jj ,f> .::•.:-■• \ \\> SASSACUS /CHEROKEE f& ■■ • \ 1** CHIPPEWA / i :\o. / /WILDERNESS /» JtV MARATANZA _•* HOWQUAH 0 / / ARIES s? ,A. _ LITTLE ADA / £ .VV/ALABAMA ^ FORTDONELSON *v* > MONTGOMERY X REPUBLIC-IOSCO / MILE. MAP OP THE NAVAL AND MILITARY ATTACKS ON FORT FISHER, JANUARY 15, 1865, SHOWINGDIRECTION OF FIRE OF UNION VESSELS. flag-ship Malvern (placed on the map behind the New Ironsides) had no fixed position. 644 w BY -CV /,- -V : . ^X
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