Presidents, soldiers, a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence . don the boats was only trifling, the loss of the main mast of the Huron themost serious disaster on the 14th to the Union fleet. That evening Gen-eral Terry visited Porter on the flag-ship Malvern, to arrange the finalplans for carrying the works. The plan was that 1,600 sailors and 400marines should accompany the troops in the assault, the sailors to boardthe sea face of the tort while the army assaulted on the land side. Theorder issued by Po
Presidents, soldiers, a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence . don the boats was only trifling, the loss of the main mast of the Huron themost serious disaster on the 14th to the Union fleet. That evening Gen-eral Terry visited Porter on the flag-ship Malvern, to arrange the finalplans for carrying the works. The plan was that 1,600 sailors and 400marines should accompany the troops in the assault, the sailors to boardthe sea face of the tort while the army assaulted on the land side. Theorder issued by Porter to the commanders of the vessels was: The sail-ors will D2 armed with cutlasses, well sharpened, and with tie signal is made to move the boats, the men will tret in but ntshow themselves. When the signal is made to assault, the boats will pullround to the stern of the monitors, and land right abreast of them, andboard the fort on the run in a seamanlike way. The marines will formin the rear, and cover the sailors. While the soldiers are going over theparapet in front, the sailors will take the sea face of Fort HEADQUARTERS OB GEN. TERRY, NEAR FORT FISHER. 66 PRESIDENTS, SOLDIERS, STATESMEN. At nine on the morning of the loth the bombardment of the fort bvthe ironclads was reopened. The men from the boats were lauded in theforenoon, but at two in the afternoon Porter had not received from Terrythe signal vessels change direction of tire, by which he was to knowwhen the army was ready to assault on their side. An hour later thesignal was given, and the assault made. The army force had been ma-neuvered into position under cover and close to the land face of the soldiers assaulted in gallant style, and carried and held the westernend of the parapet. The sailors were not so fortunate. The steam whis-tles, blown from every vessel of the squadron, and the sound of the shellsbursting in a new direction, far beyond the faces of the fort, warned thee
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