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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
transports of General Butler's expedition. Their taking up a strong position and holding it against a vigorous attack of Bragg's troops, their assuming then the offensive and carrying, at the point of the bayonet, an earthwork in front of Fort Fish upon the fort and the rebel troops. It was known in the fleet that Lee had sent two divisions of his best troops to Bragg. It was also known that Hardee was hurrying up from Savannah under orders to save Wilmington. The Tribune has the fol Butler, which landed on the Fort Fisher peninsula, was notoriously inadequate to contend with the combined forces under Bragg. There were at Wilmington not merely the usual garrison, but the two divisions which Lee sent down when the sailing of Pnd which has concentrated at last with weakened numbers and strength. Reckoning, therefore, all the reinforcements which Bragg had been able to gather, it is safe to say he considerably outnumbered the expeditionary corps of General Butler, and we
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he enemy's forces on shore still more precarious. Meanwhile reinforcements, which should have reached here sixty hours sooner, began to arrive. The situation, though not desperate, had now become extremely critical; and consequently General Bragg determined to clear the road to Fisher and re-open communications by land with the garrison. This he succeeded in doing yesterday, as well as in pushing the enemy back upon the beach, where they were huddled together under their fleet. I netical. Having failed to carry the fort, and having been driven back upon the beach, if a gale should set in the a few days and communication with the fleet be cut off, be must either surrender or perish for want of food. It is reported that General Bragg, comprehension their condition, ordered them to be should through the night to prevent them from receiving supplies as well as from re-embarking on board their transports. If such an order was given, it failed to accomplish its object; inde