The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-02-21

Capture Of Roanoke Island and Eliza
beth City, North Carolina, by our
Troops.
Fortres. Monroe. Feb. II.

.i"u>lv burned hut he'her Nv our shells
or he inhabitants il no, certain.
he first news of the 'ie.rat arrived a.
Nor ok on Sunday -veaing and cau>ei
great excitement. The previous news VA
very satisfactory to them. stating that The
Yankees had been allowed TO advance for
the purpose of drawing them into a trap
The ,e;,ei force on the island Is >mp
posed 10 have teen a little over 3 400
f1yhing men Cen Wise was il al Mays
Head, and was not present dnrlng the en-
pas~uen, " hen the situation hrca.ne
dangerous he was removed Ia Norfolk
All the .ebai gnnh"ats but on. ue,e TAX
en- and that eN'ap.d UP creek aid was
probably di~,r"vtd.
Ali the southern papers received to dav
a'e unanimous in admitting a c"'urfe'e
! victory for our troops. and in saying the loss
Of the i.lani is Il very serious one
The news received 70 day occasions
great excitement 1T hid Point.
A steamer with ofi.'ial ,lispa'che. from
Gen Burnside i. hourly expected.
The prisoners captured. Numbering Al
leas, 2 900 will be here in few days.
one report says that only seventy. and
another that only INVENTIVE f the Con.
fpders,es escaped fro'n the island. Gen.
Huger telegraphed to Ric lronl 'hst oily
! finy IN the island escaped There APP
pears TO be 10 bright side for the Ie''ei.
! The Riclimnuh Errminrr of Ibis morning
in leading editorial SANS:
! TIE los. If An entire arrv On Roanoke
| Island is certainly the most paiufnI event
If the war Tie intelligence Of Yesterday
By telegraph. i fully confirmed. Two
! thousand and five hundred brave troop
on An island in the sen. were exposed l."
! all lie force rf the Burnside fleet: They
resisted Nth be most determined courage
! cd aga!ns, them, retreat berg cut oft by
the surrounding elements. they were forc-
ed 10 surrender. This i, q REPETITION OF
| the Iaueras ,tt,r on large scale.
DISPATCHES TO RICHMOND PAPEHs.
Til. following dispatches on the ~n iect
are taken from the RichInoui papers Of
this morning:
Norfolk, Fec. 10
The latest news states that Capt. O
Jennings Wise. son Of Gov Wise was
sho, through The hip an disabled though
the wound is not moral.
Major Lawson and Lent Miller were
mortaiiv wounded. About three hund red
cnnrderales were killed. The wounded
number was over one thousand. The
number OF Yankees wounded Is abou, lie
| sane.
A late arrival this morning saws that
| Elizabeth Cirv had been >hel;ed and burn
e., by the Yankees and that the enemy
vas pushing on to E!enton.
Norfolk. Feb. 10.
A rumor has prevailed Tia, Com l., nch
fleet of gnnh"ats IA. been captured. II
is not regarded ~ true. bu, it ia believed
that all were hn,ned hv the ronf-,erare>
To prevtn, their capture with the exrep-
ten If one. which WAS enheavoiing 10
make lis escape The fee, went to Eliza
he h CRY from Roanoke Island, aud was
probably burnt at the former point.
Norfolk Feb 20
A dispatch wa. received At Richmond
A courier arrived here this afternoon at
innr o'clnck. and b,nngh, the in,elyencr
that E.iizat,eih City was burned his m"rn-
in. hy The inhabitants l,nring ;he con
! fsrra'is he fnlrral~ ia"dri sr,-a force
! All orr ~unpoats. exciting one, we're cap
'ured by the enemy. Gen. Wise has not
z, arrived Al Norfolk.
ACCOUNTS N THE no FOLK DAY BOOK
The following, lie VERY latest, vs. copy
from The Norfolk Dry Brk:
A courier arrived here Yesterday AFTER
noon at three "'slork. from whom we
ua'l,er the following informa',on
The ercmy advanced in full force upon
! Elizabeth CITY Yesterday about seven -
clock ard began an attack upon tia, place.
| The ,.i'iZ-ns finding resistance VAIN evar-
s,eh ,,,2 place. and when our informant
left i, was IN flames. We have also 10 re-
..orl The rapInre bv thu emmy Of All our
little fleet except Tie Fanny, or Forest
our informant Is not certain which Til.
audrd the emv Size was pursued. how
ever. and fears are entertained that she
! WAS rap'urnd.
II i. said thai before our boat. surr4n
dered TIE, were abandoned. and thai their
crews succeeded in making their escape :;
If so. We are At los~ To roI i-t.,ure " Inv
the boats were not fired before the, we q
abandoned. The diAa-ter to our lutte
heeI is attributable to the fact. that lrav
ing exhausted their supply of coal and
ammunition. they procerded to Elizabeth
City for the purpose of Obtaining = sup
PLY. Every ehuIi WAS made 10 ,.hain
coal. bat without success. mud the hoa.s
could not. therefore return 10 he j. and
and lend any assistance whatever to our
forces
All the detail - Published. with refer
enc@ % The capture of RoaDukr island. are
confirmed hv he courier who rcrre.e,is
oar loss a 300 killed aud wo1n.l.,i AMI
that of the enemy AT n"t les Than ! O,o
killed. While coming up the r,a.l toad.
ing I" the for. our soldiers brought 10
lear upon them Tvs" 81 FOUNDERS. and a,
every iirs their ranks were terribly Thin.
n-,i. The place, Of The fallen however,
were quickly flied. Tie Tsrk Poinr ba,
terry we're man.+d bs The ie.i.nond Biuee