The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-02-20
The Roanoke island Victory.

FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. - The gunboat
Stars and Stripes arrived this noon from Burn
sides Expedition with bearer of dispatches for
the Government.
They report the rout of the rebels as COM
plete, 5000 prisoners were captured, and all
their gupboats burned or captured, except two
which escaped in the canal.
The Federal loss was killed, AZ; wounded,
about 140. The rebels had, about 30 killed and
less than 100 wounded.
The advance from Hatteras took place on
Wednesday morning, the expedition consisting
of about 60 vessels. The feet anchored off
Stumpy Point that night and the next day pro-
cceded to the entrance Of Croatan Sound.
After Il reconnaissance, the attack was COM
menced on Friday morning, the Underwater
leading the column. The rebel fleet was at
tackled and dispersed in half an hour by the
navy while the remainder attacked the land
batteries.
The fight continued till dark. During the
night 10000 men were landed, and ON Saturday
morning 1000 more. A masked battery of six
guns was soon discovered by the skirmishers,
and was attacked i'll front and on both TANKS.
The Twenty frSt, Twenty fifth and Twenty
seventh Massachusetts. the Ninth and Fifty-tirst
New York, and the Tenth Connecticut were
partially engaged. The Twenty fifth Massa-
chusetts and the Ninth Connecticut suffered
most severely, The fight lasted only two or
three hours, when the battery was abandoned.
Our troops pursued and surrounded the rebel
camp, and took nearly the whole command prs-
oners.
O. Jennings Wise was shot twice while en-
deavoring to escape in boat Col Russell, of
the 10th Connecticut, was killed at the head of
his regiment. Lieut.. Col. ID. Monteile, of the
D'Epaneuil Zouaves, whose services were vol
untary. was killed. No other officers were killed
above the rank of Lieutenant. Our total loss
in killed and wounded is less than 300, and the
number of killed is less than so.
On Sunday afternoon fleet of fifteen gun
boats started for Elizabeth City the place she'll
ed, and having been evacuated and partially
burned by the rebel troops, was occupied. The
Seabird, which was the flagship of Com Lynch,
was run down and boarded, land the gallant com
mander escaped by swimming to the shore.
The news from Elizabeth City was received
at Roanoke Island on Monday evening.
Gen. Wise was at Nag's Head, and succeeded
in escaping to Norfolk. The rebels made 10
fight after being driven from their entrench-
ments, which was done by the Hawkins Zou-
ayes and the 2lst Massachusetts,.
O. Jennings Wise resisted the storming par
ties till he was wounded and carried off, when
his command retreated with the others to the
upper part of the Island, where they laid down
their arms.
Elizabeth City was about half burned by the
rebel soldiers. The people sent off a deputa-
ton to Commodore GoldsborOugh. asking him
to send force to assist in extinguishing the
flames.
Edenton was taken possession of on Wednes
day by Com. Goldsborough, no opposition being
offered.
Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute the
loss of Roanoke Island to the laundering ineffi-
cheney of the navy. They still persist in
sorting that LOCO Federals were killed. They
also charge some Roanoke Island farmers with
deserving and plotting the Yankees to the only
point where they could effect landing, the
regular landing being fanked on all sides by an
extensive marsh.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Feb IA special messen-
ger arrived this morning bringing the following
dispatches
COM. GoLDSBoROUGH's DISPATCH.
o. S. FLAGSHIP PHILADELPHIA,
RoNoAKE ISLAND, Feb. 9.
Roanoke Island is ours. The military authori-
ties struck to US yesterday.
Their means of defense was truly formidable,
and they were used with determination worthy
of a better cause. They consisted Of two elab
orately constructed works, mounting together
twenty-two heavy guns, three Of them 100
nounders, mounting twenty guns, large pro-
portion of them being of heavy calibre-some
rifed, eight steamers, mounting two guns each,
and each having a rihed gun with diameter o
a 80 FOUNDER A prolonged obstruction, existed
bv means of sunken vessels and piles, to thwart
our advance and altogether, a body of men num-
bering scarcely less than 5000, opposed US =
ono of these are now our prisoners.
Fighting commenced on the morning of the
9TH about eleven o'clock, and continued until
dark.
On the following morning it was resumed at
an early hour and lasted until late in the after
noon. when by bold charge of our army the
rebel flag was made to suecumb, and our own
was planted everywhere on the ISLAND in its
place.