Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-16
TIE SANTA ROSA FIGHT.

The montgomery Ala J ActH1Au e' NV =
the following particulars Of the s!oIairg "a
on Santa Ross Island, derived from Dr.. lGT "a
messed too sesns:
On Tuesday night the sh, about u os;u
twelve or fifteen hundred Of our insn, Jhig ~
Of Bdgadier g neral Anderson, crossed tie ~ z
small steamers and sco~a attached to hen ~
we're picked-generally from fourteen 10 iH.z
nuubtF-fron tue companies O.! the rss.a.siie
b,r,a, Florida, georgia, Louisiana, ard fssi
full company bei7g taken. except, peiai,i y
Riaes, from Georgia. Toe party d,'gtess 1
point opposite Pensacola, near Santa Rcil hEs1
i've miles from Fort Pickens. The men y:
aud some Of them 10 swim, 10 reach The TX.
Of their cartridges, &c, got wet.
Landed on the Island, they were iva.
60 aads, one proceeding directly across TO u 4
bsaca, beJopd Oily Nilson's camp 2;
marched doyu the Northern beach, oPPof:'ts
They killed the ,sn;ries IS they yest ier,s.
Der, spiked the gans, set a.e to tbe eabti 30
Z,usves we're camped, and shot them 81 lsi 3 |
ALI agree that the Iousves ran incoauntig
Pickens. They rarely looked back or siepnH
COR boys, but shot o. they ran. They had n's,
s,nd-b.pks, but none Of their big guns 'r'sa1
Our Dsn tsos ose, Q gsodly lu.arE an.
With WHICH they securely spiked erry inc, ]
me-. h-sA I'll u: houses sue sioresi eigFs
The only formidable resistance ras ''O.n
States reguirs, sent GU. from Fort krets'isi
ground vblsL the sosardlY 1uaves hr -
fbe regulars, boveyer, fading our fore y
h.d e,o.ct.d seemed 10 have become prffs
retreated until our meg we're IL the aei -
the Island, in obedience to the s'gns. u
Yard. They then advanced and hired t.-n1
men, huddled up 10 the boar, and did ~
age than they had receiv ed daring the hst'h
Il was at this time that Gen. Andt rsoa ~,
the arm. Two or three guns were a'so hr.A'
crossirg, from Fort Plckens, Wi'houi ,rH
Our men supplied themselves well win -
thew took from the enemy. They also EHs
aud captured another. Seventeen pTisS'n
that they brought back how many ~
kpoyn. One account said the notorious ce-
had made q straight run from his maf@t
Another account from one Of he
stated that be bad not a p. at camp lsai -
having remained at FORT Pickeps. Al 1f1Js
our men who participated agree tia. ihs, =,
tso aud three hundred Of the ! mixes ~, =.
killed and missing Is forty. AID thirty'hn,
Of whom died yesterday. host Of Oh
tkirmlsh are ATTRIBUTED 10 cro,s hnas' -
were shooting at the Zousves from op'Iss,,
TO their not being able 70 dis.ingaish ioe ~
comrades 10 the darkness Of the night ''4 y
another.
Notwithstanding the unfortunate ieeid,s-
occssoning the death OF so many OF our ~
the objec, Of the expedition was coppsfg
ed, and the result was highly sata'.c'0u -
TO the officers and men Of our army 10y
contemplated vas the breaking uo o. %
camp, and not the taking Of FOr' P.ctsa'
This was done completely. No 'r:HT
over-only small arms, rick'sIes, hfe ~
A reserve force, composed OF the ss.j,.st.,sI
Georgia Regiment, had started over 70 rs. 4,
when the signals we're cred by zen. Dr,p 10
on the Island to return. !. wss about -
mornine, they had been entirely sac oh'.+
10 danger of being surround by the =. (,
ut Fort Pickens, Il was thought prgieh' =, IL
70 recros, the By. Major Wedges, 90, !" "A
qaishtd d" Ysrkee prisoners tGken, tod w s,s 1
Colonel Brown, the commander
would open hi, batterits on them !espt0I a
but. I'D 10 Q O'Clock, vhcn the train leit ~
ton had been made. Our wounded VI"
cared for BY the ladies' Of Pensacola. i
From IL. Montgomery Nail, iv' A
We l.arr from Lieutenant who sH d 4
Santa Rosa Island. aud who passed IhfOoI - 4
morning. that the Slaughter Of the re-, ~
in the extreme. lie ssys the Conied1 =, 4
9Th bowie knives aud pistols osly, eonP,,kI
cd Billy Wilson's cut throata, and 'heL ~ u
on them. killing them as they core 70 ~ 80 -.
ing no garter. He saws IL was te vi ~
ever Witnessed; that IL Is impossihle 70 1, ,.s
the Yankees we're killed; that osr mrh 4, ~
mark 90 % 70 disllosuish themselves 81
they continued the 6gh, until abor' nIr AZ, ~
morning, when on the approach oil %. ~, ~
fdng Of signal gan By Gen. Bragg WV