NORWALK .GAZETTE, WED NESDAY. JAJNUARY- 81,- 11590.
11.181111 Tl
How the Confederate Strong
hold Fell,
TWELTTY- FIVE YEARS AGO.
The Final Assault and Capture, Jan. 15,
ISUS—Jhspcrute Fighting Under the He—
roic T6 1'1'y-—Sevcn Hours of Hand-to-Hand
Combat.
Cu Jan 171,118135,l1‘ort Fisher, 11.0., was
cariiedby a bold Union assault, aftera second
heavy hornbardznent. Admiral Porter had
such faith in an entci'piise like the one un-
dertaken I)ece111ber, 80-1, as to 112.1111 Gen.
Grant to send him word to remain with his
fleet 011 the North Carolina coast, and await
the coming 121' a force 01' soldiers to make a
land attack in connection with the nava
bombardment. Uvei' two weeks were con—
sumed in bringing up the troops and in coal-
ing and 111 supplying; Porter‘s vessels.
The Confederates 1.2;13'11e11, 1111 Jan. 8, that
the Union fleet 11111.1 not leftt11ercg1,ion.0n
the 111121111121 the 1. 31.1 1 the vessels w eie sighted
from the fort, and the commander (L 01.
Lamb) began to prepare for defense. He had
$00 111' 21.1, 111111 iheiflcmaindei of the Confeder-
at c 111' 111 ,1 w as at the 11111 enched camp up the
peninsula, seven miles from the point. Gen.
Bragg, the commander of the army at this
time, was charged 011 the 13111 “ vith the
1'01'11111111111 defense of \‘Vilmington.’
This order, as it will be seen. he construed as
and
not including Fort Fisher.
The Union transport fleet sailed .921'0111 Fort
Maj.
Monroe Jan. 6. The force was led
Gen. Alfred H.
Terry, and 1111111-
12011211 ,000 men, as
follows: 1391'01111
‘21'ig11110,F11'st di-
vision, T wen t y-
1’0111'1‘21 corps, Col. '
J. C. -‘.l,1in11‘1:.‘>'i:~:1'li
Connecticut, 8 1'2 v-
1211111 L'1‘1111112ctic1‘1t,
Third 2.12 r. IImnp-.
1:1111' e. bev e1 11 11 i‘xewil’
Hampshire, 131x—
teenth New York
heavy a 1' t- i l l c 1' y.
Second division,
Bl'l;,".i.':'L 11. Ad lbert
5.1111115: 1111'st bri-
gade. (1.3,, 3;, El. GEN. N. M. centis.
Curtis: One Hundred and Twelfth, One
Hundred and Seven eenth, One Hundred
and l1‘orty-secon1l New York. Second bri‘
gade, Col. Lialusha V21111'pzickm Forty-
seventh New York, F131 1) 11112-11111. New York,
8'2 ventv—seventh 111111 Two
Hundred and P ennsv lvz 1.11111. Tl l.1i1'1l
l 1'1'1'111112, Col. 1 12111.57 l3'. ll: ‘hiiteenth hull-111:1,
12‘0111'1‘ .1 Kerr damp-11.11, Lino Hundred and
l1 ift‘1;1-'2n‘1h 12.1111 One II undr ed and Sixty-ninth
New ‘1'111'1-2.
Seventy-sixth,
1 111111
Third division, T\.'11111\'-1iftli corps (000.01‘
troops), 1111;. Lien. Charlc- L5. J. Paine. SE‘" 0nd
John W. Anies: Fourth, ijixth,
’l‘hirtv-ninth United States.
Col. El as 1‘. r1: ht: TFirst, Fifth,
and( Thirty—seventh
.1110, Col.
Thirt 10111 and
Third brigade,
Tenth, 'l.‘\venty-seventh
U nitedl 319.10.31-
A1‘1illery-L‘om2111121115 B, G and L First
Connect 11' at hcavv artillerv' Sixteenth New
Y 01 1:11:11 1.1213", 13111.11 ry E, 'l 1111' 11 United States.
Terry-"s orders were sealed and were to be
opened 11' l.12n 11.12 was out at sea. His destina-
tion 1.': as 1:01 1: 1112x111 to any one in the army
or 11:1": extra-pt. 1.110.512 who had to know it.
Te11"' hi 1.51.11: orant of it until 1:12
12structions out at sea.
broke 1‘. ‘111 :11‘Nils of 111::
In 1111.35 instructions he was told to com-
municate freely with 111111111111 Porter and
seek to have entire harmony between the
army and 112:.11" 112 the expedition The
'1lccttatBez'1111'12rt
11.111111111'1.1 was agreed upon be-
tween the admiral and the gene: ral. Owing
to storms, hewuve their couise was not
taken towards Fort 1'1.~.=her until the 12th.
Porter had a total oi" 1111 t“eight vessels,
which 1112 f: rined in tlnce lines, with a re-
transports -; ,3“ '11. 1.1,, 1‘.”,
on 1112115111
:'.11'\'12.l)1 "11;,1 1' 111e11i;.2.h tthc} :.linc horcdoll' Fort
131511111. 11111 111.1"1211 1211'- rn'inp 01 thcl filth the
new1'111111151'11112'2 :..-1 'ithin 1,001) 111.1113
5011:0111 111.2 i1'1r'.111 0:12.115 re1.cl1ed1' 5:1 our 1115' 100
ya1'ds,'1'. 1111 1:'1 1- into position under." heavy
11rc.}.‘hc landing 111' "12":1'1} men was
covered by several vLsscls not 111gaged
111 the 11.1.1111: 11.1.0111. The troops went
ashore the .1 beach about live
miles the fort, and [.1':twe1'211
it, and ’11 2111'111211 c. 1111ps of Bragg s army
of W111. 121. By 21‘. oclock p. m. the
troops and .5112. .s wrre safely landed, and
Gen. Paine‘s c011.~1'e.‘1 divi.-;ion pushed forward
to Cape Fear 111122311112 other side of the
peninsula. llerea hue 01" delenses was in gun
in order 101e'1cl 12.111'1. '1 . '1.1110 c of the Confod
crates 11111.11 11. 1111111141211. 0111110 11111 other
lines v.'.'.-r12l.11d 0 1t 1.11lstien”t.1..11L.l anda
reconnoi 1.1111 1 11115 made to w 1tlnn..1)1) yards
of the fort. wu' seen tha' the fire 1'1'0111
the navv doing much Llazria"12,11111l an
was11'.1t121'mi'11ed upon 101' the after-
'l‘1:1'1'y was to send in three
a brigade front, to
2-1
1
\\' 1 ‘5)
tisszuilt
11001111111111 15:11.
brigmhs. in 13.11121111s of
storm 11.111311112, w 11110 3,001) sailors and
marines sane: '25':-;11'il 1111.1 W111 k5 on the 11111
side. Porters order 101' naval column
was as follows:
"""‘ .'.1. c‘lrs will be armed with cutlusses,
11112. 'i'
":11'pL1nL21‘1,1'.1111 with revolvers. .‘Fhen
the
but not Show themselves. W'hcn
' '11.".1 is 11111113 to assault ,the boats will
pull arc-11111 to 11112151212111. of this. 1110111101s '12-. 111
land 1': :1ht 11111'111 1.5:: of them, and board the
fort 0: 1 the run in a scamanlilw way. The
marine; will form in the rear and cover the
sailors. ‘hile the soldiers are going 0ve1
he parapcts in front [north side] the sailors
will take the sea face {ea. '1: side] 01' Fort
Fisher.”
The garrison of the fort- had been increased
uring 111121-1111 1.0 1, :100 111e11.Gen.l"hiti11-2
1nd come into the fort from 'IVilmingtou 011
11013111, after the Union armada and troops
1ppeared, and had told the commandant, Col.
211mb, that he and his command were to be
eft to their fate, for Gen; Bragg was looking
ml: for a position to retreat to. 1‘1 Othlllg‘
aunted, Lamb telegraphed to Gen. Br 111.51,
11 the night of the 14th to close in 011 the
orth side and cut off the Union land forces,
ffering to make a sortie in co- operation. No
eply w as receiv ed from Bi egg.
The assaults of the soldiers and sailors were
0 be preceded by a heavy bombardment. and
t daylight on the 15th fir e upon the land face
as 1 edoubled by the ,Uuion gunboats. The
reparations for assault were discovered in
1 e fort, and an attempt was made to confuse
6 columns by firing grape. But the storms
‘ shot that swept the works from the navy
1 out down the Confederate cannoneers
an appalling rate,. and it was evident that
2 -nd struggles on the parapets;
1min GBANi)
assiun'r. I ’
rs, and opportunely two regiments sent by
_g were landed
eased the muske saveflabldfor defensel by"
I. This did not, however, add to the gar-
; 11, because fully that number had been
.e danger could only, be averted by hand to
the layer side and in-. '1
killed or disabled by the bombardment. At
3 o’clock promptly the grand signal was given
by the noise of more than fifty steam whistles
of the Union fleet, and the land column
sprang forward to the charge.
Gen. Curtis’ brigade had the lead, and
pushed for' uni to the northwest bastion near
the river. The Confederates were seen tc
man the parapets the moment the naval fire
ceased, to allow the Union troops to move up
Col. Lamb judged by the soul stirring whis-
tles that the hour had come, and he desired
to receive the assailants on his torpedoes as
soon as they reached the walls. Leaving in-
structions with the commander on the north-
west front he went to the angle 01" the works
where the naval column had been sighted,
fearing that that was the vital point. The
sailors had landed successfully and 1111.] ted be-
yond rifle range, under cover of the sand
hills that. formed the surface of the beach.
nouxn BATTERY 152312111012.
The men were 111 one 1111112; line 111111 111111113 a
formidable show, deceiving the enemy intc
the belief; that this was the main assault, antT
dividing his garrison. At the signal the sail»
ors moved down the beach. she tered bya
line of sand hills,1'.nd then turned squarely
upon the fort But. the 1.1atteries farther
down the Confederate 111112 could sweep this
stretch of beach, which 111. this point w11'
nearly half a mile wide, and the nuiskets in
the fort did terrible execution. Three c1111-
11011 111 the fort fired carider into the assail-
nts, and both Gen. ll'- . ring and Col. Lamb
stood on the parapet 13111-201111” 1110 1111211 at the
\‘1 01' k.
The sailors were unaccustomed to land
maneuvers, 1111:1v12r y so 111 showed the serious-
ness of this dell: ct l‘hcir oliicers, muong
11112111 the. ;1 ,11‘1‘. :mt 1.1111113. (Jushing, rul—
11151111111 l1r 1 1111-111 1'13 well\'1123 possible, but the
for ward columns halted. under he walls of
the fort, lying down to escape. the fatal tires
from above, and the rear 1' 1111111115 011 closing
up did the same. '1 l1111l12lay 11.115 (2. 111.5011 w as
fatal. The Confc1.‘1er: 1112:: arr-2'12 cheered by
the sightofasort 111' panic that. had seized
thee . )11)"113(‘S 112 war,:1.11d 11111211 l 11.12:: " to re-
0'11 .'2 111121111111 131211.12 1111 \1 1: ich 11:15 announced
to be close at 12111111 by the .'11111'p 11.usketry
and 1111.2. booming of ,' . ;:1 '011 the
north front. 15121111111: neously \\ I21. .1.,
Lamb saw in that direct 1011 three of (Lien.
Curtis‘ battlellags on the ramparts adjoining
the northwest bastion.
Curtis‘ advance had 11.111111 1:121". 1:111 not
without dilliculty. At 1 l1'11'12s 1111. hollows in
the sand\'.'L1'eilllc1l".'.itl1 1'1: and this had
to be waded throug:' . “1.2 points waist
deep The 111‘. '2. from; the fort “scattering
but when 111'.- pull-'adcs were leachc 11 they
could not he scale‘ 1. and h: 111 to l.1e131it:'.'.ay.
l‘i'hen (.'urtis‘ 1111145 c1ow1 ed the breast-
works, Ge: . .1\111'2.5', who was up at the front,
innnediately 01' 11215-1 13:211. Pennypacker‘s
brig. 1111210 his 5112111111., for the first success
was no 1171101 . than 11 lodgment. The strong-
hold was 111 the shotproof chambers, where
every foot of ground could be disputed, and
to the defense of them the Confederates ral-
lied. €ren. ‘.'biting, moving down the line
from right to left, had led some men to the
first chamber, held by Curtis, the fourth 1'1'0111
the west end of the 111112, and he succeeded in
recovering this and the adjoining parapcts,
'1 though he received v onnds which ultimate-
ly cost 111111 his 11'. -
Col. Lamb was now 1"mnnoitnrin1' and
had actually gone 11111~"1.1e ti .0 11011: in order
to get a view of 111.5 :pzu'Ts. He found his
front cnvclr1p121‘l 2v 1:112:15: 11111115,:11111 111:1de
the astounding .1s11>\11'v that his torpedo
wires had 11.1211 destiny ed by the navv shots
that plowed the sand many feet dedp, and
these efiicient weapons for '.'arding 011’ as-
saults were useless. But the garrison was
fighting bravely, and Lamb inspired them
with the hope that, as the day was drawing
101113111511, the work could be held until sun-
down, when it mt: being-red Bragg
would come to 1112: 111:1, llis sl1:.11'p~ho11t121's
Union color
skillfully shot 111'11'1'11 all 111'
be:1.rc1's,11n1.l the. hostile 11:12"; disappeared from
of the gran Ison. The. trav—
before the eve:
1211.: which intersected 1121 parapet every
l'Ll\'1'\_\;1ltiS 11C“ lJC‘L' llllli .
12 2112111211 1".1111.‘111‘111211111tcs"
211' 111' 1115 li'll', 'il'
'l‘he naval
light, and 11
.l)L‘.\l‘.()ClItitl
and
“1.’
.1, :11.
\"‘.\‘
(1.221.
I.
11112.
-la:'.11'i1'.':1leso'1'e1' and
11-..5' s11'11'._1,'.';'l12d often
1011:1211 was now out of the
'2,'11:1s iron 1 the 1.15.521: 1112121. 111211
1ady 111'1211111111111C;
tliG=2s12:111.111 of the
nor 1; 11111112 the
sailors 111111'2 111. 1211 re—
pulsed. '1'111111 ally
they tool: 11 wider
target, and suc-
ceeded in 9.211111;
shots into 1111.2 bat-
" teries \lLthfl'i‘ it was
seen the Co 111m 1-
. "ates still 1:12:11 up
11 fire.
'l ‘I
.11>,'111111
11011101'311x1111 1. l1 1.2
. garrison, 111111 the
GEN. 11'. 11 ‘1';:1'.::1'. 121111 was rapidly
pushed by 111.2 1'.-11.1:11'1111121'111 L‘ren. Amos" 11‘1-
vision. (31.21 Bell 5‘ '11s ordered up to
11119111111 5:211 face
1110111111 111.1v1' ly
5;.1'12'31 1111511211, lire
“.35. 1'31 2111.1 of the
1:1.1'1 where they
1111;115:111 1.".11121'1211
jOl." .' ‘1'], illih '.'.
111111111 was: 1:11;;
1112111111'1(.‘0111
sailors on 112::.'.'121;.1,
charged on the sea fare gone 1.01111 into
the works of the 11111:! :111'1. Here they
were 11,1'1112211 into parties to defend the
trenches against a rear of 1:21; on Amos. and
all of the troops 121' the army were sent down
to the 1or .
1110.112 111' two cases
troops had cros. '. over the works and
re: '12 securely 1111‘. 12:1: 11111.1'12'11' 110:: .1011, al—
though the 1:1.2ti'.'i::vof 1.11:2 enemy ore 2vented
11112111 1'1‘01111111'11111:i".1;' from these places of
vantage. l-‘1'.'121 \ 111111112 it was 0' Wilent toboth
sides that the 121111 1111111. be 11111221111111.1211 by'1 a
bitter banzl—to—hand struggle.
.1. now became 11 soldiers’ light in every
sense 01" the word, because there was but 1112-
111.1 chance of unity of action either with the
(30111001111. e or Union troops. The traverses,
ranged all along the main parapet and ex-
tending thirty feet to the With their
Shot proof sides and noun-mus passages, rere
so many little forts, and ti. «'3 capture of any
one by To '1'y’s men simn " drove the defend-
ers bacl:.to another one. “The Confederates,
having the interior and knowing the ground,
were able to haul can 10.1 out of the gun
chambers and fire e‘ac: 053 the space where the
assailentsmust advance. But the entering
wedgehad been driven‘ 133' Curtis’ brigade.
The portion of the works 11 old. by him was a
protection to 0. flanking column which
formed on the interior of the main parapet
li‘CIL‘
1.1.2 :4:
bad
11111::
1,2112 1'01'311111125: 1.7115021
l"-'1“‘
-141,
' and swept around in rear of the row of
.tralverses. This compelled the garrison to
Sharpshooters" were posted at 9,1} “figment come out of their little 01 tadels and fight ini
.'ints m and. 91.511315th shotProéf gunchamé »‘ Jop'en ground or be Captured m them.
For a. time the Confederates met this flank
attack from behind an old breastwork that
extended along the interior plane of the in-
closure. Col. Lamb, who was alive to every
opportunity to dispute Terry’s advance, now
went along the batteries south, tom; .1 the
point and, directed a. heavy fire to be thrown
into the north west portion of the work, where
the danger was so threatening. On his way
he ordered every available man forward to '
the first tr averse ahead 01 Terry’s men, and
on his return he found that traverse still held
by his stubborn soldiers, although the slaugh-
ter among them had been appalling. The fire
from the fleet had scooped out gr aves in the
sand and his dead were lying in them as they
fell, half buried by the showers of dust
thrown out by the bursting shells Great.
timbers, gun carriages and even cannon,
broken by the huge missiles from the fleet.
were lying in heaps, and 011 and around them
were the dead who had vainly tried to defend
them.
The advance of Terry’s men had been 111'-
rested, aud Col. Lamb summoned all his forciL2
to the front traverse, with the determination
to charge upon the ass:11l:1nts and drive them
out. He still had hopes that U1211. 111' 1gg
would take advantage of the darkness and
send over a. column to fall upon 'I‘12r1'y‘s re: 1‘
and hold him bi-‘thcn two fires. Signals
w ere sent to all the gunners in the fort: to
.'ithhold their 111' e on 11111 position held by
Terry durixr; this counter-.1111irg 2 The dis-
tance between the 1111.1111111tants w 1.1:: not above
a hundred feet, and, calling; on 1111111121's 121111
111011 to follow 1 111111: leaped the breastworks,
with the ordct, “(3111113412 bavo: 121t.5" Forwardl
Double quick,1 1111111111!“ 112. 'tantl} 11 Union
bullet entered his 1' ight ‘1. 1p and 111 2. sank on
the works. T121 1'y5 5'1111211 poiired a hem _v vol-
101' of bullets into the Coniedei 'ates. and the
1121111111coveragain.
latter fell 11.11 .1
Col. Lamb was taken to a bomb proof,
and the (10111111111111
was given to Maj.
James leilly,’l‘enth
North Carolina 111'-
tillet'y, who agreed
to continue the
511'1111,;='l11.5'o 11111;: as
he 11111111111111 left.
lxi'llil) .11 u“l"'
1:1'1'11111121111 liragg‘s
111-11111111111‘101'5 for
' 5515111111" 1‘ {11.11.1111}.
‘1j\ leilly, 1.111111}: up
19" the light where it
.1 . .
COL“ 1‘" ' ‘ “‘H had halte111nrougl1
the wounding ..1" 112:21'0111111111111'.1111.. 5111-121212ded
by a brave rally in driving out the flanking
column 111111111111 gotten in: aide 1111.2 works.
3ut this 11.111111 ('1' the Confederates 11-. 2111111211
their 11111111101: c11g:1;.2,'cdon the 111170115125, 12.111
1111 1111\1111'1'11 1.11 anew 101 1' , under (1121.2111—
bott, on the left of Ames‘ b1":'1'.1le.5',\"1hicli
until now had contended alone, captured
some of the traverses between this
he sea. The land force was now
aroulnl the >' .'111' poit.
held only
The Conf. 2.111'11". .25 still 1021:1211 to their
wounded 1111111175, "11111111; and Lamb, for in-
spii'ati1,1n 111111' .1. Lb" 11Lloc" '01'11 was carried
to them that 11 1e 111111111111111011 n .15 givin', ' out,
the .111' trit. ‘ 1111: :e .5' 111 the dead 1.. '.'i.1;; been
1n11ptied to :npply 1111211 on 11212 111,111.11.
Bot-h 1.1111111 1111.1 \‘1'111‘1'111'2; 11211111211 that help
would come 112.1111 17-111, ;.,', 11.11l 1‘ .112 work 1112.151.
1101.129 >111'1'1: :1 1121111111 1111.1 1.11:1' word was
111 0111;, '1 it 1:11 11'. the .5111le “111)! t h' 11 i11212111n11'1'1e11
bytl ' assailants. 2.11111 11113-111 was 1101in to
oppose 'l‘erry's 11.1‘1v:.1111"1.2. it. was now dark
and the p1'1'2g'11.5;5'1'11' 1111.2 assault was 1112112551.-
i'ily slow. The conibatam5' w1-1'12 so 1110.521: as
to fire into 01112111111111111'111 arm's length. All
of the C12111'1211111'111=.1 rounded were reg:
llL‘
2.1 "ND n.1'r'ri: {‘1' 1\' 11311011
to Battery Buchanan, 1112:1' the river, and
far thrr down tmvard the, point. (.711111'011131'1110
vessels-had11'1111111'1121121‘o 111111here11111"11'1'thc
light and brm 1 111.531: 11121115 1.'1'1'11'11 '1. i. ‘1nin14'.t'on
1212 wi'o1k w: is 11.1112101152111'11'2 1'11'121' chan-
n'L'l,l1ut was of little 115. 11211111 ll‘o: b li‘ishcr
'.'. '1111 its guns. its .;mall c "'11. 151111, hov. ever,
had volunteer:-2:l to join 1". 11411111151111 01
larger work. l‘he sand p‘ :1111 111211112 211
Fisher and Battery Buchanan \' '11s silent by
the guns of the Union fleet, and also by the
guns of the L‘onl‘ede '11t12 battery. If this
plain could be put l.2ct'.ve'.2u the defeated C011-
fedcrates and their foes darkness might 11111
them to 11.512: 1212 o: 1 '.'1..25:.5'el.5' to 'Wilmington. A
rear guard was for 2.13.11 1'1' 01 11 the sound men
of the cm ison. and thee .:and wounded
'.'erc 512111; on ahead with the lea'le1. , ‘sV hiring
and Lamb. ():1 111' r iv 1112111. Batter y Buchan-
an, the. guns were found spiked, and the men
who had been left- to defend it, with all he
121111-ei's.lr.111:':iil d 11'." ':_\ to 1‘1'1111112114'11311.
The L‘ouletl1121.21'12111'14'111211111 the
tight the} 131111..‘ yielding inch by inch,
it v11. 10- o'clo .01' seven hours aftci
fight 1122:3121. w ‘.1 1111101111le tiavcr .512 11111 but-
tery was 1:1 ’1‘ ..21'1'v's hands. ‘1‘. 11211 t1115 oc-
cnrre 1, 111.1:1v of the C1111l'e1lerats2.~
water of (.1111: Fear river and \'.'ere1'__c.1;1.'ul'2d
by their 1111551215.. The 112.111 who reached 13:11-
teiy burl: :1111121 r1"e:11‘11.11'edd111'in;,r the
111" ,'ht 11212'11 1"2" 11111111; and Lamb, being
among 1 11.
The victorv wrs 111211112 3.11.,
been won "v. 11110::171'.12:11.'j.' cost.
brig" . ' 2111;121:211. 111 11111115" division had
been s 1" 11111111011 1111.2 works. Gen. Cur-
is was. \'.:..1111212'l '11; 11111111211110.“ his men,
while l1.2.'11li.'1_: 11112211 rifle in 11:11:11,111) to the
pali‘. -. 11.2. was str'. 11!; by canist 11' Col.
r’eii1ix'31111' ‘; 11' was '.'1120 seriously while
111111111111ili211l11:121 o: 1:. -' 01" 111.11'24'111112111'5 0n
.'.1 an 22112' tl1121' 11:2 11:11 bet-1111112 first to scale.
Col .1 1111. 3.1111321; 111011ally v 'eonnd d after
he 112.. 11: :..551211 the palisades. Col. J. \‘1'.
1111100'2, 1':: :nznaudin': the Two Hundred and
Third P1111: .ylvania volunteeis, vas killed
w bile cr .1::‘351: 15;" I. traverse and wav 1113 the col-
(11.5 of his 112gi211e11t.
In the charge of the c1.l11'.11'11 01‘s 'ailors, sev-.
r111 bi ave oiliccrs fell. L112 .113. Preston ,and
best
and
(it.
\
51‘“.
\1
but it had not
1
1
1111l121‘1
Porter 11'112'10111111211,
1111211 (‘.'. I'l. Cush-
111an, W. Ii. Allen
and (l. .‘.1. 171110120
were wounded. In
the 1111 vanc’e of Gen.
z-lmes’ column a
party 01' volun—
tee rs numbering
100, 11:11.1 had the
lead, and deployed
within 200 yards of 7-7
the parapets under " “l
fire. From this
point four volun-
Gnv. ALBERT AXES
teers went forward to examine the ditch and
twelve more volunteer s went ahead with axes
to cutdown the palisadnig The first man
through the palisading was Capt. A. R' Law-
rence, of Gen. Ames’ stali‘. After passing
through the aperture he reached back for a
guidon to plant 'on the crest when a shell
took off his left arm and' injured his neck.
Gnome L. KILMER.
p11111ta111l_ ;
10 v ed
the
V' ,jlt 1
the,
1001: 171111111.
The three 1
the artist, who 111:5 thus 11 progressive
How A cnaomo IS MADE.
An Interesting Process with Which Few
People Are Familiar.
We see tens of thousands of chromos, which
are given away by every enterprising busi-
ness man, yet I venture the assertion that
very few know how they are produced. To
properly produce a chromo the lithogr cipher
must be e11 rapport with the artist. He must
analyze the picture, fully realize the combi-
nations of colors and the spirit of the work.
Having (11"2r111ined just how many basic
colors entei into the picture, the artist c0111—
mences his work by preparing a lithographic
stone for each separate color. The artist
commences his work by making adelicate and
elaborate ink tracing of the picture; not only
its general outlines, but the minute and in-
tricate touches and shades of color of which
it is composed. The tracing paper is chem-
ically prepared, so that the lines upon it can
be readily transferred to stone. A press is
employed to transfer the inmressions on the
paper to the stone, considerable pressure
being 1111:1111. Thousands of impressions can
then be taken 1'1'1'2111 the stone by simply run-
ning an ink roller over it.
The tracing 111115 transferred forms what is
known as the. key stone. Suppose there are
twenty colors in the chronio. This number
of 1111pressiot1s is taken from the key stoneand
each carefully dusted with red chalk. A 1.11111
oil'set 01' the entire tracing is then pressed on
each one of these stones.
The 111a'1ving then be'rius, and often occu-
pies 1111.12.13: months. Each stone is to be
printed i 1 a separate color and therefore
must 1:011: 1111 not only all that is 110C Hessai y 01'
that Color oi: the picture, to the minutest 1112-
11111, but all of the compound colors, made by
printing one or more over others. A. variety
of gaudations of color from its full strength
11'2 the faintest tinting can be 1210111100111111
0'11‘11 stone, just as inusing an ordinary pencil
01' c1a2' on on drawing paper. Thea: various
colors 1'..'L2,111' course, worked up 111 black by
tl 111 111 list, and it 15' 1110 print 21' who applies
1.1112 colors. l‘he lines 01121.0;1ch s 2121111111: stone
, are etched with the wash of nitric acid and
(1'11: :1 a1 '1 1111', 111111 111121121111" 101' 111L2111'0:15'.5'e1.5
The p1 inter must be as skillful as the artist
‘ in applying his colors, and must fully realize
and effect of each color. As
1111121111)
proof
the blending
fast ascach color is printed it is subn
of the work.
it has been probably noticed that lines
cross each other 011 111'; 111:11'12'121 of a chromo.
These are the regis‘e' .n' 4 111-111 ks; 12.1111 enable
th'2 printer to 11121.1 .2 11112 sheet in tlr same
rel-.1.tivcpositio:1 12\'1.11\ 1111112 a new stone is
used and 11 1'11: ' Lolor1-1ied. These lines
are drawn in the original 1.1.1113 11.111 appear
on each stone. ‘.‘."hen 11112 first color is print-
ed very 2:: '111 12 1112 :5' :.11'12 punctured 111 each
sheet at 1‘ 11:12:31 2ctio'. 1 111' these lines, very
1111121101125: 1:112 also drilled in c1.11'1'e.5'potuliilg
positions 1111 19:11-11 of the sn‘2s'111pn221t stones,
and the 11111115 1 1 11112121111111'111'11 to correspond
' 1,. ..21 ‘ 1 ' 2‘ '1 1...
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He [1:111 the Documents.
1'.". we; 1.2 w1111111g11tT1L111011for the cross
train 1111 1, when a lame and
to L1 llf‘; L‘r1. 1.'
error: .1'. l 112 "
among the
ground 11:11‘ '1. .
to circulate
. 111 5011111; 1111113 on the
,1 st buried his v ife1 after
a long illness, wh ieil had, coupled with ill
111a 1111, re 111111111 111111 1' 2 poverty.
" 'Look how, said the third man he
came. 11: “you are a liar and an iiiipostcr. ‘ ’
“lint I 11m 1101-,“ quietly replied the man.
You told me this very same
,I‘?
1 1'.-0:411:
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bill".
‘ 13111, \':.2111:1'el
storyin 1311-1131111 a war a"
"And he 101111 to 111'2 1:2 I’ittsburg :1
two year; 112,123" added :1. 12213111111.
“And 1: '- related it 111 me and got money 111
P111111. 1:211 three 111111111115 agol" exclaimed a
third.
"Gentlemen. I 11221 a
tested the beggar.
“But you are telling a mighty old story!”
“No, I 11.111‘1' My last rife died four months
3.8.0.37 '
“Your last? How many have you had?“
"Three. I 111111 this story in Buffalo be-
cause I lost my second one there. Please read
tliis1l12cunient-."
It 1.1215: 11 doctor‘s certificate of the cause of
111': 1’. 1, '.'iih :1 111'211'51111per not-ice pasted there-
on.
“But vou‘. 1l'l
bout
truth. ul 11::1111'71'11'0-
lit to me a y ear pre\ ions in
I‘it.‘~" 111';.,1',":~'1'E.111L2 annsy lv: 111111.11
1711111111L11f11,si1'. Please read this.
1. 1.11115 1111.11.11‘112111111oilinylii‘st wife.”
11. was 5'1 111112 15111111 document as the 0111:: ',
1:111‘. its:;e1111111e111:1.:s could not be doubted.
‘ And 1111.1 story you told meat Paterson rc—
It
1111121: to the ‘1._1ird, I suppose?" queried 11112
third accuser. ..
“‘lt1l111s.lIere is the 11001121111111.” That
p.112:1'1.'as 1112.1 s11 aight, and the first accuser
eratL'liL-d his 1122111, looked p'1:"111:l, 1111111111111-
1‘“ $8111.
“l‘ ell, I take it all back. You are not 1111
impostor; but excuse 1111.2: '.11d‘accept this half
11011111; \\ hen I rise 10 1121111111; that you are
stopping in a house next 11 1021' to a fool." '
A1111 the'thriee bero :1'v'cd was $0111. limping
awn y with a purse of about six dollars—liew
101.1 ..11.11. - -
Kittie Irving," 3 Funny
Little Irving 15111} 3 years old, and he
wasn’t that within three months when be
11111 .de the i'unny'speech about the Lima bean,
II is 1110111111 11.2.11 :1. p. 11 full of them on her lap
and had begin 1 to -11211 112.: in v men the small,
fair 11111211, blue me. 1 boy jammed from his
rocking horse and 125111112 ’.12 help. He took one
of the largest beans, 01' eour but although
he tried and tried he could. not burst the pod.
It “.15 too much for his Lin" ling: 1's, and at
1:151, tl2.1"13»".inrr it down in 1:10:11; V121. 'ation, ho
3111.1: "Ol1,1nan11na, I can’t unbutton it.”—
Detroitl - 1'.1e P1 1.1.. .
Ipcecn. ,
.21 Liviiig "Cyclops.
An Oregon 111.2 ..paper states that an Indian
child of the Nez Pe ice tribe with but one eye,
situated in the center ' of its forehead, like
those of the fabled Cyclops, was lately seen
at Pendleton, in. that 'state. The child was
able to see with ease, and ran about with as
much freedom as, any of its two eyed com-
panions. “ hen the child’s mother was asked
for an explanation of the mystery she replied
in chaste and elegant Nez Perco that she
could account for its strange peculiarity only
by the fact that she had looked at a. one eyed
cayuse shortly before the infant’s birth.—
‘Frank Leslie’s Newspaper.
Arum-rs 1
G. n. BmG-TOI",
Washington,D
:0 11.1.1 ..1 11- Guide to lnietiiurs Mailed free.
PATENT OFFICE.
15. 1:11AUFU11D,
11188111161118, R681 E31318 and 1118111111186,
ROOM 2, MASONIC BUILDING.
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY To LOAN.
Insurance Placed in First~Clnss Companies
Ofllce—C01'.MA1N 1% “"11 LL STS.. NOR'WA'LK
1y 13
nmmmre WE‘RE?
Everything in Dentistry, and Everything
Fully Warranled.
W. 11. 13.111111111371111 11.1).
68Wa11$t.,blorwalk, Ct.
1.1111111111011111: 111,1 171‘.
11011 1111111111 111 ' 11111,
Room No. 4,, 115p (stairs.
GAZETTE lll.‘ll.l)l.\‘(i, N1 iplt 'VAlli, CONN.
ALEX. :3. GIBSON,
Organism!1s1C011g1eg1111ona1(3111111111 \\ 111011111131,
Te: 11 1101' of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock 150x 3‘) l’ O..NUlt\VALK.(.‘()NN.
1111-
. F. emulate.
STRL'Ul‘ it ‘l’ON'l‘llE
hill.
lllllili Elii'lil‘i [lilll ii
Especial attention given 10 1111111112111:
lineal Studies.
311117 1.111111130121114, Norwalk, 021111.
"“s‘ iNfiillK 1 2101)
AH 111 :1). 1211111112.! 1“." (‘11:11'1c1'1’e1'patu '
CAPITAL Alli) 11551-718, $8,902,272.61.
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
termsadoptedtothe hazard and 1'on'istent with
helaws1111'1:0111pe11s1nio11. LOWLLh 1t.\115 {1111.11,
5010.21 gents for Norwulk and Vicinity.
"1am .
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1’1111;<.
in11s.
-\'. 115-111' designs for sun iivays,
boards etc. _
' 11"11 mung 01' workmg plans for-11111111111501 build-
iiigs:1ccu1'atclyma1le.
0111012, (:01 3111111111111 “2111515., \0111'11115. Open
W educsday and Saturday evenings.
Residence, 1111121s1111. 111.11., East Norwalk.
311.115.1119 Materials, 860.
U [LUING 1510): 1‘., :11] qualities of sand, tel
1111'}; dug. gardens and grounds renovated
horses and carts for hire. 1 11:1 ve somethoroughly
rotted and very 1111121111111111'12 for flower beds.
J. W. EDMUNDS,
No.11 11011111 Union Avenue.
1’. 0. Box 654, Norwaltk
1.’ '1). .111\Z\'1)1‘1 1.1., Architect
tendent.
and Specifications for all kinds of 13111111-
111111 Super
mantcls, side-
1y1
711::‘4 y E“
1,111.51
31.11.1235
11311111110 11011.1 1.. .11
111W 1‘] a large quantity 0111212111211111111.
frozen 011 pure w:ne1. 11 is 11112111', clean and
solid ice. 11111111111125 promptly attended to.
'l‘lnmking my customers for past favorsJ solicit
a continuance of their patronage.
1:. L. ELLS.
It was
liltf
THE
Non "21.111 Fire. 11131111111138 Co.
11115 now completed its
18:11 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
A1111 1111s not outstandinga 11011111 of unpaid 1osses
orclanns forlosses. No sound conumnz/ insures
for [1': <.
\l’. 1.‘. .51amnr,1’res.. (-11:10. ‘13. Sr. 110111;,T1'easq
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All 11111.3 EXPRESS COMPANY.
Low 11.2.1125 .1x11 1’1101112'1' 1)1:1.Iv1~:nr.
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1101'. knurino
@2333. SWEET
USE
ANTlFERMENTiNE.
ONLY 30 CENTS A PACKAGE.
AT IIALE’S DRUG STORE.
Se 1711101 Machines.
F New 11111! 111111 111::1lc.rcpaire11
and guaranteed. All orders left at
if‘ipfliltfilWS Jewelry Store,
Will receive. prompt attention.
411-2111
cleaned
1
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TELLY
SIX-1 15.5 :AQE MAKER,
CONN
SOUTH NOR WALK, -
11111112171111 ..1
Family Carriages, _v__11111111,1111111,~1c.
All Kinds—_ of Repairing.
large Ollie 111111111 111 11111:.
N Gazsrrs Building. second floor front.
formerly editorial rooms of the GAZETTE
Enquire of
CHAS.‘_OLMSTEAD. Norwalk.
o. 'E. WthoN,
General Insurance-11 Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds 1950., Bought and Sold,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
130011 NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
NORWALK. CONN.
w, 11. 1111111111111,
111111111111816111 111111 11111111111111,
SOUTH N'QRWALK, CONN.
Sanitary I’hunbine, and Ventilation, and
Law P1 CSSUIL Steam Heating, 11 SpeCialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIER
Pipe and 191111111: for 5111:1111 :1 1111 (his.
Agent. 11211111214 ‘4‘ lmida Low Pressure .301101.
Facilities10121711111111; :11111 ’l‘tn'eading 1111 $1768 01‘
Pipe. 1.1111
1101-2115 '.1 OWf'IE RS!
‘.’0 keep constantly 1212 11111111 11 good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected with great, care in the western 112111111215.
We have horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wants :1 thoroughly 11211101111. 1111111111.} 511011111
purchase before seeing what we have to otl'er.
We also keep constantly on hand :11 our furriaizc.
Repository 11 11011111112111. line or CARRIAGES 11-1111:
the best 11111111'1'5, which are 111121111111111111'011 for us
to special order; every carriage. warranted.
'.111111111:: :11211 1'.\1{'.'51‘ of eve1y1lesciiption,
11111138551123, \"1111‘.\, 111.11}: ,1211Al‘lliE’l'b‘
lidNN’rl Ill Viililili {TABLE},
OFFICE (1‘18 VJALL ., NORWALK
()l'l'. l). 1% 1‘1. DEPOT
PH‘URNll‘le l
Geo H. Raymond,
FERNITURE DEALER,
llas remowed 10111121113111; and 1:1111111111111'12113 store
four doors above. ins 1111151111111111111 stocked it
with 1‘1‘1\’(l()t)l).\'of the l..\’|‘l~23'l‘
5’1‘1’1111111111 11‘1N1it5‘1‘fiN115‘11.
(11120. li.ltAY_\1()N1).Agent.
ST
11. .‘. 35
Furnishing Undertaker and Embalmer.
Igivo my personal attention to laying out and
furnishingr everything 1111e1-:5'.~'.::11'y112111112
1111121'111011101 1111211111111.
’csidence—Vo .5 1.121 1.1-icy” 1'1111-e. \011111111'.
Telephone (_ .1111111111111~:.1t 1.211 .1. 1111 Residence.
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33.111131 “1111118
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111111311131 11111. 81211121
SOUTH NORWALK,CON1V
GENERAL MARKET
Meat, Fish, Vegetables, &c.
11013 11117001) 1‘1 1101311111 101).
MAIN STREET.
Allkinds 0111111 hes: qualities of Meats, Fish,
(11111118, Vegetables, 12111., are kept constantly on
1111nd11mdwili besoldbyns as low as can be pro-
cured :11. any 11211111121 in N0111111k.Wc intend t.
prove to our 0115101111215 that we deserve their
patronage by fair 11ml generous dealing.
111.111 1.121:1{\‘.’L‘121> 1‘11 1.01:1{W001 .
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(50111 and
Porcelain (rowns 111511111111.
U1
Dr «Luv-S
1:7. {11".
(lns administered
for the painless extracting of teeth.
01111112111 residence. Lewis Street,
gregauonal1111111111Norwalk
near Con—
lyfilp
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1111 11111111111 1111111111....111111.
Wedding Cards, 1 0:511:15,
Visiting (1111115, 11111111111115,
Business (21111: Programmes
9 _. t
1":1121'1'5111111' 11111115, Dodgers,
111111 ("ants 1311111131111s,
15.111112111121115, Circulars,
Tag Cards, Receipts,
Letter Headings,
Note Headings,
Milk Tickets
and at the Lowest
Town and 1’1'12‘11111: Records,
13111216111111 Pamphlets,
111111.21 1.1gis11 is.
1’1'111’1e11111111e beatcst Styles
Prices.
C1111 and get estimates.
Engraved Wedding (urds a Specialty.
For Sale at a. Sacrifice.
‘Will be sold if applied for soon,
TEN ROOM COTTAC
within five minutes walk of the
bridge, with never failing well of
excellent water, and a cistern
holding three hundred hogs-
heads, for laundry purposes
all modern improvements
conveniences, etc. Cost
owner $8,000, and
will be sold for
$5,000 with only
$1,500 down,
to satisfac' ' ' ~
to'ry party.
111133» Enquire at GAZETTE QEEIOE.
PORTRAITS
, —1N'—
OIL, PASTEL on: 11111111011
Elegant work, at lowest Prices, by
E. T. WHITNEY,
Formerly of Norwaik. Leave orders at Art De-
partment of BOSTON STORE, 2d Floor, Nor—
walk, Conn. 36
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