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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
The defense of Fort Fisher. by its commander, William Lamb, Colonel, C. S. A. The capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., on the 15th of January, 1865, was followed so quickly by the final dissolution of ehind the New Ironsides) had no fixed position. Plan and sections of Fort Fisher. Colonel William Lamb, C. S. A. From a photograph. over 900 veteran troops and 450 junior reserves, reeinforcechanan. I did not know of their approach until the general came to me on the works and remarked, Lamb, my boy, I have come to share your fate. You and your garrison are to be sacrificed. I replied,he fort; that Bragg must soon come to the rescue, and it would save us. General Whiting remarked, Lamb, when you die I will assume command, and I will not surrender the fort. In less than an hour a fington, five days after the fall of Fort Fisher (first published in 1881); also an article by Colonel Lamb, controverting most of General Bragg's statements. General Bragg says (more emphatically but
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Navy at Fort Fisher. (search)
rned to the dismounting of the guns. So quickly had the guns of Fort Fisher been silenced In a note to the editors Colonel Lamb says: The guns of Fort Fisher were not silenced. On account of a limited supply of ammunition, I gave orders to ff light pieces in a half-moon around the sally-port, from whose fire the sailors suffered heavily in their assault. Colonel Lamb, writing, December, 1888, says: There were never in Fort Fisher, including sick, killed, and wounded, over 1900 mern away by the fire of the fleet, and an attempt was made to charge through, but we found a deep, impassable ditch, Colonel Lamb says on this point: There was no ditch, merely a dry depression in front of the berme where sand had been dug out to r0 of the garrison: the former in the open plain, and with no cover; the latter under the shelter of their ramparts. Colonel Lamb, writing to the editors on the subject of the numbers defending the north-east salient, says: Five hundred effecti
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Fort Fisher, N. C.: January 13-15, 1865. (search)
wounded, and 13 missing. The Confederate Army. General Braxton Bragg (department commander); Major-General W. H. C. Whiting (district commander). defenses, mouth of Cape Fear River, Brig.-Gen. Louis Hebert. Garrison of Fort Fisher, Col. William Lamb, Maj. James M. Stevenson (too ill for duty), Maj. James Reilly: 10th N. C. (1st Artillery), Maj. James Reilly (2 companies: Co. F, Capt. E. D. Walsh, Co. K, Capt. William Shaw); 36th N. C. (2d Artillery), Maj. James M. Stevenson (ill), Captrison consisted of about 110 commissioned officers and 2400 or 2500 men. The strength thus stated probably included the 21st and 25th South Carolina sent from Hagood's Brigade. General Terry reported the capture of 112 officers and 1971 men. Colonel Lamb writes that all present in Fort Fisher, Jan. 13th-15th, including sick, killed, and wounded, numbered 1900. Naval force at Fort Fisher, Dec. 23-26, 1864, and Jan. 13-16, 1865. North Atlantic squadron: Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
The defense of Fort Fisher. by its commander, William Lamb, Colonel, C. S. A. The capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., on the 15th of January, 1865, was followed so quickly by the final dissolution of ehind the New Ironsides) had no fixed position. Plan and sections of Fort Fisher. Colonel William Lamb, C. S. A. From a photograph. over 900 veteran troops and 450 junior reserves, reeinforcechanan. I did not know of their approach until the general came to me on the works and remarked, Lamb, my boy, I have come to share your fate. You and your garrison are to be sacrificed. I replied,he fort; that Bragg must soon come to the rescue, and it would save us. General Whiting remarked, Lamb, when you die I will assume command, and I will not surrender the fort. In less than an hour a fington, five days after the fall of Fort Fisher (first published in 1881); also an article by Colonel Lamb, controverting most of General Bragg's statements. General Bragg says (more emphatically but
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Navy at Fort Fisher. (search)
rned to the dismounting of the guns. So quickly had the guns of Fort Fisher been silenced In a note to the editors Colonel Lamb says: The guns of Fort Fisher were not silenced. On account of a limited supply of ammunition, I gave orders to ff light pieces in a half-moon around the sally-port, from whose fire the sailors suffered heavily in their assault. Colonel Lamb, writing, December, 1888, says: There were never in Fort Fisher, including sick, killed, and wounded, over 1900 mern away by the fire of the fleet, and an attempt was made to charge through, but we found a deep, impassable ditch, Colonel Lamb says on this point: There was no ditch, merely a dry depression in front of the berme where sand had been dug out to r0 of the garrison: the former in the open plain, and with no cover; the latter under the shelter of their ramparts. Colonel Lamb, writing to the editors on the subject of the numbers defending the north-east salient, says: Five hundred effecti
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Fort Fisher, N. C.: January 13-15, 1865. (search)
wounded, and 13 missing. The Confederate Army. General Braxton Bragg (department commander); Major-General W. H. C. Whiting (district commander). defenses, mouth of Cape Fear River, Brig.-Gen. Louis Hebert. Garrison of Fort Fisher, Col. William Lamb, Maj. James M. Stevenson (too ill for duty), Maj. James Reilly: 10th N. C. (1st Artillery), Maj. James Reilly (2 companies: Co. F, Capt. E. D. Walsh, Co. K, Capt. William Shaw); 36th N. C. (2d Artillery), Maj. James M. Stevenson (ill), Captrison consisted of about 110 commissioned officers and 2400 or 2500 men. The strength thus stated probably included the 21st and 25th South Carolina sent from Hagood's Brigade. General Terry reported the capture of 112 officers and 1971 men. Colonel Lamb writes that all present in Fort Fisher, Jan. 13th-15th, including sick, killed, and wounded, numbered 1900. Naval force at Fort Fisher, Dec. 23-26, 1864, and Jan. 13-16, 1865. North Atlantic squadron: Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
The defense of Fort Fisher. by its commander, William Lamb, Colonel, C. S. A. The capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., on the 15th of January, 1865, was followed so quickly by the final dissolution of ehind the New Ironsides) had no fixed position. Plan and sections of Fort Fisher. Colonel William Lamb, C. S. A. From a photograph. over 900 veteran troops and 450 junior reserves, reeinforcechanan. I did not know of their approach until the general came to me on the works and remarked, Lamb, my boy, I have come to share your fate. You and your garrison are to be sacrificed. I replied,he fort; that Bragg must soon come to the rescue, and it would save us. General Whiting remarked, Lamb, when you die I will assume command, and I will not surrender the fort. In less than an hour a fington, five days after the fall of Fort Fisher (first published in 1881); also an article by Colonel Lamb, controverting most of General Bragg's statements. General Bragg says (more emphatically but
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Navy at Fort Fisher. (search)
rned to the dismounting of the guns. So quickly had the guns of Fort Fisher been silenced In a note to the editors Colonel Lamb says: The guns of Fort Fisher were not silenced. On account of a limited supply of ammunition, I gave orders to ff light pieces in a half-moon around the sally-port, from whose fire the sailors suffered heavily in their assault. Colonel Lamb, writing, December, 1888, says: There were never in Fort Fisher, including sick, killed, and wounded, over 1900 mern away by the fire of the fleet, and an attempt was made to charge through, but we found a deep, impassable ditch, Colonel Lamb says on this point: There was no ditch, merely a dry depression in front of the berme where sand had been dug out to r0 of the garrison: the former in the open plain, and with no cover; the latter under the shelter of their ramparts. Colonel Lamb, writing to the editors on the subject of the numbers defending the north-east salient, says: Five hundred effecti
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Fort Fisher, N. C.: January 13-15, 1865. (search)
wounded, and 13 missing. The Confederate Army. General Braxton Bragg (department commander); Major-General W. H. C. Whiting (district commander). defenses, mouth of Cape Fear River, Brig.-Gen. Louis Hebert. Garrison of Fort Fisher, Col. William Lamb, Maj. James M. Stevenson (too ill for duty), Maj. James Reilly: 10th N. C. (1st Artillery), Maj. James Reilly (2 companies: Co. F, Capt. E. D. Walsh, Co. K, Capt. William Shaw); 36th N. C. (2d Artillery), Maj. James M. Stevenson (ill), Captrison consisted of about 110 commissioned officers and 2400 or 2500 men. The strength thus stated probably included the 21st and 25th South Carolina sent from Hagood's Brigade. General Terry reported the capture of 112 officers and 1971 men. Colonel Lamb writes that all present in Fort Fisher, Jan. 13th-15th, including sick, killed, and wounded, numbered 1900. Naval force at Fort Fisher, Dec. 23-26, 1864, and Jan. 13-16, 1865. North Atlantic squadron: Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
The defense of Fort Fisher. by its commander, William Lamb, Colonel, C. S. A. The capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., on the 15th of January, 1865, was followed so quickly by the final dissolution of ehind the New Ironsides) had no fixed position. Plan and sections of Fort Fisher. Colonel William Lamb, C. S. A. From a photograph. over 900 veteran troops and 450 junior reserves, reeinforcechanan. I did not know of their approach until the general came to me on the works and remarked, Lamb, my boy, I have come to share your fate. You and your garrison are to be sacrificed. I replied,he fort; that Bragg must soon come to the rescue, and it would save us. General Whiting remarked, Lamb, when you die I will assume command, and I will not surrender the fort. In less than an hour a fington, five days after the fall of Fort Fisher (first published in 1881); also an article by Colonel Lamb, controverting most of General Bragg's statements. General Bragg says (more emphatically but
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