. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . ^ one mortar and four Napoleons; a pali-. iNitRioR OF fui;l ;. sade in front, pierced for musketry and constructed iu irregular lines,and numerous sub-terra mines capable of blowing up the beach fromriver to sea for more than a hundred yards in front of the 15th Jan., Col. Colquitt was assigned to the com-mand of Fort Fisher; and will go there tonight, said the dispatchorder. Gen. Whiting was ordered to report in evening to Braggsheadquarters for conference. Colquitt, according to reports, arrivedwithin one mile of Fisher at
. The Third New Hampshire and all about it . ^ one mortar and four Napoleons; a pali-. iNitRioR OF fui;l ;. sade in front, pierced for musketry and constructed iu irregular lines,and numerous sub-terra mines capable of blowing up the beach fromriver to sea for more than a hundred yards in front of the 15th Jan., Col. Colquitt was assigned to the com-mand of Fort Fisher; and will go there tonight, said the dispatchorder. Gen. Whiting was ordered to report in evening to Braggsheadquarters for conference. Colquitt, according to reports, arrivedwithin one mile of Fisher at , and says he found everythingin confusion ; hundreds of men without arms, and many of themdrunk, etc. This is all denied by Col. Lamb, who says he had noliquor at the fort except what was in the hospital; and that wascaptured by sailors from the tleet, who got drunk and wandered intothe reserve magazine the morning after the battle : and they caused theexplosion. Col. Lamb says Colquitt reported after the fort had beentaken ; and he (Lamb) told him even then the fort co
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