"On board the USS Minnesota in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Landing on the beach with the assaulting party from his ship, Wilcox advanced to the top of the sandhill and partly through a breach in the palisades despite enemy fire which killed and wounded many officers and men. When more than two-thirds of the men became seized with panic and retreated on the run, he remained with the party until dark when it came safely away, bringing its wounded, its arms and its colors."
I imagine that being a soldier, he was more used to this sort of fighting. However, I wonder why they would have waited until dark to withdraw, as the Confederates had been driven away from the northeast salient by that time.
I Wonder. --Da Old B-R'er.
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