Report of Gen. Terry on Capture of Fort Fisher and the 27th USCT

Major General Alfred H. Terry's official report of the battle, Jan. 25, 1865.

He directed General Paine (commander of the USCT troops):  "to send me  one of the strongest regoments of his own division.  These troops arrived at dusk and reported to General Ames.  At 6 o'clock Abbott's  brigade went into the fort.

"The regiment from Paine's division, the Twenty-seventh U.S. Colored Troops, Brevet Brigadier-General A. M. Blackman commanding, was brought up to the rear of the fort, wheren it remained under fire for some time and was then withdrawn."

Then, the 27th was highly regarded as a fighting unit.

Also, Terry reported that the 27th USCT was part of the Union troops sent against Battery Buchanan to force its surrender.

--Old B-Runner