The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-17
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THE FIGHT At SANTA ROSA iSa.Arn
FURTHER PARTICULARS.


ing further particulars iii reias ton to tn. tight
at Santa Rosa Isiand.
We are enabled this evrni ing 70 rive ruIler
account OF tne engagement OF TUESDAY, aight
last on Santa Eosa Island, pr,w-sn tho on
federa'es and the Yarkee troops. Tuer. sr-
Huany rlmors afioat regard "a the rnaIter
but we have enteayored to obtain the nosi
reliable. Although it was a serious and blood.
nxhf, There were many amusing incidents IL
ine en- nsaeeInent, which we shall p. blish from
TINE 10 TIME. There Was some $500 in gold
ana watch, taken by the soldiers from III.
.euts OF the officers, besides other eainables.
many OF wilson's Zouayes were htyonetted
"nle IN their tents, and il must have been
amusing 10 see the scam rss escaping from, th,.
them
we Were shown letter taken from til.
pocket OF ono OF the Zouayss The snyelon
had ON IL represel t;.tion cf Il soldier holding
IN Els hand the United States flay-iis Zoo,
piaceo upon al, anchor, with the inscription
nnurrnealn, ,ar .. Long may it wave The let
ter Was from an afectiohate 81 ter in n. YorL
70 her hrother-the one from whom II wa.
tahef. we understand that the person W h.
.oos ana read the letter could not help feeling
lot tne SISTER. Tor it seemed that her whoi- at
iecuoas were upon that brother who now
lies cold in the arms OF tieslh
captain Mangham fGily dis PLAYED the bra
very aud GOODNESS for which he i, every wher.
cnaracteftzed. he arrested three prisonets
alone abo unaided and marched them to ,h.
guard: and we would feel like doing in Justice
va brave and noble man, did we not men.
tton that Adlutamt Black OF the Fifth G-ofeI,
regiment, arrested seryeant who was at
the time sergeant of the guard ard hao with
nm ms report, ana used the very gun he tooA
from his prisoner in making one or wv, ,,ore
Yankees bite the dust.
Taking into consideration the 5is,aritv of
our forces, beng but about l,ieo and the en-
einY over 1000, we are proud 10 saY that WE
:aine'. most complete victory. Wa at
tacKed thenn IN their very dens--wh p,~d
them oat, and destroyed their property-
lhelr loss, 1t Is estimated, will quauruple
ours
The enemy everywhere is feeling our
power; when they ask themselves Can We
subJnSate the South the thousands of Van.
kee ghosts from the plains Of M4nnssa ar
sWer-the groans of hundreds of Wounoe.s sol
ciefs IN their hospitals answer-the millions
Of Orphans and widows wailing over the
death OF their fathers and husbands and
begging for bread in the Northern streets
answer! when The South asks herself can
we stand against the whole North the glo-
rious victory of Manassa and routs OF the en-
emy at other places, answer--the whipping
ana routing from their very homes B.I,S
"ltson ana MS pirates, together with the
regulars or Santa Rosa Island, answer
Then, Southerners tat,a cocrage t}o ~
Dattie Win renewed energy and courage and
ere long the last armed foe will l,e swept
from Southern soil, and made 10 seek Li,,iny
places IN Northern ciiynes. But in al caU-
dor, We believe the enenly himself acknov-
iettses the complete overthrow of his forces
oa !uesday night ana this is only the b.giu-
Dlng of the end
below, we give the following official list of
killed, wounded, and missing OF the different
companies as FIR rs received
t1'n RifHs-h,iied. r. J. Cook, J. H.
Adams; wounded, ". il. Smith. Newton
Eice-boih slightly.
Srsiey Gaards.-None KILLED, wounded. or
missing.
G.ofsia Grags.-Killed, one wounded, TWO
slightly.
irish g'2ntsers-Company C.-killrd, John
stanton wounded, Edmund Fiynls, lniss-
ing, Thomas UConner.
Faas0n = 4" .tatfs.--killed noae wopuded
X. J. Hayes, badly; Thomas Caidweil re-.
ceiNed shot in the let arm, making uInpu.
taion necessary.
Company 4, III 4slobemo Il. gin -a,-Kined,
wounded, & :; missing, /. Two members OF
the Madison Rifles attached 10 this coml,any
were killed.
Capt. Peose's Cen,pory, lon Mississippi Res.t.-
Killed, Zone; wounded, J. W. Kincaia,
! badly.
!. C"mPeag G.. l9A Mssissigpi Res't.-,,th Ser
geant ]. +. Barksdale, wonndtc-supp opposed
mortaliv.
INeD1bs Eifss, (Georgia 2't.\-Killed.
Lieut. Nelms, Sergeant Bsdeau. Wounded
| aad missing, not yet handed in.
ostiHer,ois.-Corporal Juggle, wounded.
Private burgess missing - supposed 10 81
killed.
This list is not yet complete, but wewil,
continue to publish As fast as the reports are
handed in. There ars rot many more, we
From comm nicaton received this morn
ing, 1t seems Us though several terls We're
hren NJ the same tune, and il is hard to tell
who tired TIE first tent. The communication
say, Captain Hull, OF the Irish Volunteers,
tired the first tent, and that private Cheat.
ham Set fire to Col. Wilson'S quarters"
We have soms nine killed and twenty seven
wounded. We also have over here two
wounded Yankees. The wounded are all
we'll cared for, and attended to with all the
A'noneSs as II at home. They are treated by
skiiifni physicians, and we hope they m.y
recover.
we learn from Telia Bile source that Lieut.
sian ugbter Went over under a flag of truce
and brought back the dead OF our side, who
viii be either decently interred here or sent
to their friends.
We canEot conclude this notice without
referring 10 the iud.tatigabie exertions OF
our ladies in behalf OF the wounded soldiers
All day Yesterday and rigAt long did tney
Watch by the couches OF The wounded sol
diers, administering everything that could
be obtained for their comfort. This sp.iks
volumes for our patriotic ladies, than whom
there are none more willing or ready to do all
they can Tor the Southern soldier.