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The Daily Dispatch: January 17, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
orted that their attack had failed, and the garrison was being strengthened with fresh troops. "About 10 P. M. the fort was captured, with most of its garrison. "No further particulars at the time known. R. E. Lee." The fall of Fort Fisher, we presume, closes the port of Wilmington. It commands the main entrance to the Cape Fear river, and will, we fear, enable the enemy to blockade the river completely, giving them, as it does, a secure lodgment on the left bank. Fort Caswell and several other works still guard the southern channel of the river. Fort Fisher is thirty miles below Wilmington. Some regard the fall of Fisher as a disaster, while many are disposed to consider it a blessing in disguise. The latter, who are, it must be said, a numerous and sensible class, contend that Wilmington, as a seaport, has, from the beginning, done us more harm than good. They say that the goods imported through it have been of little value to us, while millions of dollar