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THE OPPOSING FORCES AT FORT FISHER.
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON: Rear-Admiral Da-vid D. Porter, Commanding. Lieutenant-CommanderK. JR. Breese, Fleet Captain. Lieut . M. W. Sanders, Sig-nal Officer. Lieutenant S. W. Terry and Lieutenant S.W. Preston (k), Aides.
First Division, Commodore Henry K. Tliatclier;Second Division, Commodore Joseph Lanman; ThirdDivision, Commodore Jas. Findlay Selienck; FourthDivision, Commodore S. W. Godon; Iron -clad Division,Commodore Win. Radford.
Flag-ship.— Malvern, Lieut. William B. Cushing (1stattack); Lieut . B. H. Porter (k), (2d attack).
Iron-clads .—Canonicus, Lieut.-Com. George E. Bel-knap. Mahopac, Lieut.-Com . E. E. Potter (1st attack);Lieut.-Com . A. W. Weaver (2d attack). Monadnock,Com . E. G. Parrott. Nciv Ironsides, Commo. WilliamRadford. Saugus, Com . E. R. Colhoun.
Screw Frigates. — Colorado , Commo. H. K. Thatcher.Minnesota , Commo. Joseph Lanman. Wabash, Capt. M.Smith.
Side-wheel Steamers (1st class). — Powhatan,Commo. J. F. Schenck. Susquehanna, Commo. S. W.Godon.
Screw Sloops. — Brooklyn , Capt. James Alden. Juni-ata, Capt. W. R. Taylor (1st attack); Lieut.-Com . T. 8.Phelps (2d attack). Mohican, Com . D. Ammen. Shen-andoah, Capt. D. B. Ridgely. Ticonderoga, Capt. C.Steedman. l'nscarora, Com . J. M. Frailey.
Screw Gun-vessels.—-K ansas, Lieut.-Com . P. G. Wat-mough. Maumee, Lieut.-Com . R. Chandler. Nyack,Lieut.-Com. L. H. Newman. Pequot, Lieut.-Com . D. L.Braine. Yantic , Lieut.-Com . T. C. Harris.
Screw Gun-boats.— Chippewa, Lieut.-Com . A. W.Weaver (1st attack); Lieut.-Com . E. E. Potter (2d attack).Huron, Lieut.-Com. T. O. Selfridge. Seneca , Lieut.-Com .M. Sicard. Tfnadilla, Lieut.-Com . F. M. Ramsay.
Double-enders. — Iosco, Com . John Guest. Mackinaw,Com. J. C. Beaumont. Maratanza, Lieut.-Com . G. W.Young. Osceola, Com. J. M. B. Clitz. Pawtuxet , Com .J. H. Spotts. Pontoomc, Lieut.-Com . Wm. G. Temple.Sassacus, Lieut.-Com. J. L. Davis. Tacony, Lieut.-Com .W. T. Truxtun.
Miscellaneous Vessels.— Fort Jackson, Capt. B. F.Sands. Monticello, Act. V.-Lieut. D. A. Campbell (1stattack); Lieut. W. B. Cushing (2d attack). Nereus, Com .J. C. Howell. Quaker City, Com . W. F. Spicer. IthodeIsland, Com. S. D. Trenchartl. Santiago de Cuba , Capt.O. S. Glisson. Vanderbilt , Capt. C. W. Pickering.
Powder Vessel.— Louisiana, Com . A. C. Rhind (1stattack; blown up).
Reserve.—A, X>. Vance, Lieut.-Com . J. H. Upshur.Alabama , Act. V. Lieut. Frank Smith (1st attack); Act.V. Lieut. A. R. Langthorne (2d attack). Britannia, Act.V. Lieut. Samuel Huse (1st attack); Act. V. Lieut. W. A.Sheldon (2d attack). Cherokee, Act. V. Lieut. W. E.Denison. Emma, Act. V. Lieut. T. C. Dunn (1st at-tack) ; Act. V. Lieut. J. M. Williams (2d attack). Gettys-burg, Lieut . Com. R. II. Lamson (\v). Governor Buck-ingham, Act. V. Lieut. J. MeDiarmid. Howquah, Act.V. Lieut. J. W. Balcli. Keystone State, Com . H. Rolando.Lilian, Act. V. Lieut. T. A. Harris. Little Ada, ActingMaster S. P. Crafts. Moccasin, Act. Ens. James Brown.Nansemond, Act. Master J. II. Porter. Tristram Shandy,Act. Ens. Ben. Wood (1st attack); Act. V. Lieut. F. M.Green (2d attack). Wilderness, Acting Master II. Arey.
At the second attack the fleet was composed of thesame vessels, with the exception of the Nyack, KeystoneState , and Quaker City. The following additions werealso made to the fleet: Montgomery, Act. V. Lieut. T. C.Duun; K. JR. Cuyler, Coni. C. II. B. Caldwell; Aries,Act. V. Lieut. F. S. Wells; Eolus, Acting Master E. S. Keyser; Fort Donelson, Acting Master G. W. Frost; andJRepublic, Act. Ens. J. W. Bennett.
ARMAMENT OF THE FLEET.
In the first attack the armament of the fleet was 1015-incli S. B., 27 ll-inch S. B., 110-ineh S. B., 255 9-inchS. B., 30 8-incli S. B., 3132-pounders S. B/, 10 150-pouiiclers
R. , 37 100-pounders R., 5 60-pounders R., 1 50-pounder R.,
43 30-pounders R., 28 20-pounders R.; total guns, 478.Howitzers: 68 24-pounders, 73 12-pounders; total how-itzers, 141; grand total, 619.
In the second attack there were 1 more 10-inch S. B., 2fewer 9-inch S. B., 2 more 8-ineh S. B., 8 more 32-pounders
S. B., 8 fewer 100-poimders R., 1 fewer 50-pounder R., 5more 30-pouudcrs R., 1 fewer 20-poundcr R., 4 more 12-pounder howitzers; making* 4 more guns and 4 morehowitzers; grand total, 627.
Landing Party at Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865: 2261Officers, Seamen, and Marines.—L ieut.-Com. K. R.Breese, Fleet Captain, commanding.
First Division, Capt. L. L. Dawson, U. S. M. C. ; Sec-ond Division, Lieut.-Com. C. II. Cushman (w); ThirdDivision, Lieut.-Com . James Parker; Fourth Divi-sion, Lieut.-Com. T. O. Selfridge. Pioneers, Lieut .S. W. Preston (k). — Malvern, 60 men, Lieut . B. H.Porter (lc). Colorado , 218 men, Lieut. II. B. Robeson.Minnesota, 241 men, Lieut.-Com . James Parker. Jfa-bash, 188 men, Lieut.-Com . C. H. Cushman (w). Pow-hatan, 100 men, Lieut . George M. Bache (w). Stts-quehanna, 75 men, Lieut.-Coni. F. B. Blake. Brooklyn ,70 men (estimated), Act. Ens. D. Cassell; Juniata, 69men, Acting Master C. II. Hamilton (w). Mohican, 52men, Acting Master W. Burdett. Shenandoah, 71 men,Lieut . S. W. Nichols. Ticonderoga, 60 men, Ensign G.W. Coffin (w). Tuscarora , 60 men, Lieut . Com. W. N.Allen (w). Kansas , 20 men, Act. Ens. Williams. Pequot ,
44 men, Act. Ens. G. Lamb. Yantic, 45 men, Act. Ens.J. C. Lord. Chippewa , 24 men, Act. Ens. G. H. Wood.Huron, 34 men, Lieut.-Com . T. O. Selfridge. Seneca, 29men, Lieut.-Com . M. Sicard. Iosco, 44 men, Act. Ens. W.Jameson. Mackinaw, 45 men, Acting Master A. J.Louch (w). Maratanza, 51 men, Acting Master J. B.Wood (w). Osceola, 39 men, Act. Ens. J. F. Merry (w).Pawtuxet, 40 men (estimated), Act. Ens. J. A. Slamin.Ponioositc, 42 men, Act. Ens. L. R. Chester (w). Sassa-cus, 37 men, Act. Ens. W. H. Mayer. Tacony, 32 men,Act. Ens. J. B. Taney. Fort Jackson, 69 men, Lieut . S.H. Hunt. Monticello, 41 men, Lieut . W. B. Cushing.Nereus, 61 men, Act. Ens. E. G. Dayton. Rhode Island ,47 men, Lieut. F. R. Smith. Santiago de Cuba , 53 men,Lieut. N. II. Farquhar. Vanderbilt , 70 men (estimated),Act. V. Lieut. J. D. Danels. Gettysburg, 71 men, Lieut .B. II. Lamson (w). Tristram Shandy, 22 men, Act. Ens.B. Wood (w). Montgomery, 37 men, Acting Master W.N. Wells. Total, 2261 men.
Casualties.—T he reports of casualties in the firstattack, as collated by the Surgeon-General, give thefollowing result: 19 killed, 1 mortally scalded, 31 se-verely wounded, 1 severely scalded, 31 slightly woundedor scalded. Total, 83.
Casualties in the Second Attack.— Malvern, 3 killed,
1 wounded; Canonicus, 3 w; Saugus,! w; Colorado , 4 k,17 w, 8 missing; Minnesota , 15 k, 26 w, 2 m; Wabash, 4 k,22 w, 5 m; Poivhatan, 4 k, 17 w, 8 m ; Susquehanna, 3 k,15 w; Brooklyn , 3 w, 2 m; Juniata, 5 k, 10 w; Mohican, 1 k,11 w; Shenandoah, 6 w, 5 m ; Ticonderoga, 2 k, 2 w ; Tus-carora, 4 k, 12 w; Kansas , 1 w; Pequot, 3 k, 5 w; Yantic ,
2 k, 1 w; Chippewa , 4 k, 4 w; Huron, 5 w; Seneca, 5 w;Iosco, 2 k, 12 w; Machinate, 2 w, 2 m; Maratanza, 3 w;Osceola , 3 w; Pawtuxet, 2 w; Pontoosuc, 7 w; Tacony, 4 k,11 w; Sassacus, 3 k, 3 w; Port Jackson , 1 k, 10 w; Monti-cello, 4 k, 4 w; Nereus, 3 k, 3 w; Rhode Island , 8 w, 2 m;Santiago de Cuba, 1 k, 9 w; Vanderbilt, 2 k, 13 w; Gettys-burg , 6 k, 6 w; Tristram Shandy, 2 w, 1 m; Montgomery,2 k, 4 w. Total, k, 82; w, 269; m, 35; grand total, 386.