Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-21
The Burnside Expedition.
Five Fort. Captured, with 1900 P,i.on.

the reb,l. Tor e1ssgcra'ijn, made our loss
.sem frightfal. Later accounts show oar
los, t, have been comparatively small We
eondsn-e corrected narrative from che cor.
re-rondrnc~ II he Boston Journal.
I wohesipy mornirg the a''t'd started mp
the S,.rI. some 1fthe steamers we're slow,
and al had lransplr,- In to~, - thht the
d.~nce made Vas not - gr'at a' % 'aiI.iy
the inpatience OF the men. Tho leet anch.
orcd near S,umpy Island They weighed
anchor early THURSDAY morning; and the
I marshy suriaoc Of Roanoke came IN sight at
II o'clock Toe gunboar made rocon.
noi-snce
I Friday morning. signal from Tie Dag
officer opened the engagement. Twenty Eve
gunbos,. we're in action, With three 10 take
care n the transports The rsbel a., cane
down. bot shortly returned up the sound
: The rebel steamer Curlew received a lOO.
pound she'll. which sunk her instantly. Tho
firing ceased at g o'clock.
+ TbN transports, With troops, arrived ahou,
3 O'Clock. Friday afternoon. ana Il was ds-
,erminrd n land them. The 2jth Mas.l-
chu.eit, wa. the first regiment landed aud
tclors night 5000 men were on shore, and
before morning 10 600 hai landed. 4 bi,.
ter ram made tho men exceedingly uneon.
Portable. Gen. Fl-tcr. crly m tho morn
ing. Ad'arccd. tiIl he cane upon an open
plot OF land recently cleared. A. be .u.-
Isctei. TIN. was covered by . conccalel hai.
terry. On making ~ position. DO N,
i5rcr. n aank Il. which Vas accomplished
~lth dificul,y. ten. Rene leading he men
thronch mud and water tsp ic't dep the
rebels Tying a. the . 81. before lnr charge.
TIE Ma.-aehosstis 18th. in front Of tl's al.
Iery. 'u1erri severely.
The eu,my In he. retreat divided and
snail portion entsrri the vopd' I1-.ri tic
intsrps u ibe r.ani. Or -hsrs thrr "a.
eamJm-ui as. .hile .syvraI hubircl rs-
irCat~i o. Ihs Ea.,-rn shore uhsfs thsy
eoumcnofi 70 eater b1ai' o. e-csp~ - Nag.
Head. Aefo~ R1ahlks Soand Cot Ii.s.
tin' I1aav~- came up With thI' party. aud
Immediately hrrd . VoiIey upon them. order.
ing them 20 return. s,sral hoat', hsatily
i1.isi bal rcAshrd a safe distance from The
shore. and VI eOur-e pali no attention To the
order. bot four or f,v boat load. were In.
duood b rvturn by the pressing importuni-
to- Of the ZouaTcs. and they werc made
prisoners. Among them veru Capt. o.
Jennings Wise. son OF Gen Wise. DR..
Bushby OF Raleigh. n. G., and hrs Assistant,
DR.. 4. T. Gordon ol the Wise Legion, Dr.
Il. II. worthingion ol ihe 3l.t North Car
DINA Volunteers. and Lieut. + Z. Kinney
Of stanton, Va. who vas slightly wounded.
There were some t.cniy i've wounded rsbal.
taken prisoner. also, aud Il was stated that
large numbcr Of the wounded had been
taken away before The hsht commenced.
Our troop lollo~ci closely In ibe rear Of
the olasr. bJiy. TOR time. when Zen Fu.-
T., La,tcd column % prepare Tor an A.
tack IN. pan bfoaghIa lng Of lfucs
from the rcDsI general. requesting respite
tll the neIi day, o. consider rh thor no
wouId surrender. NJ time "a. gwen and
on seeing our force advance, white Gag
W.. shown ADD Gen Foster bad 800 pri.-
ober,. \ battalion Of jOO. SCOT " fs.iniorcs
the rebels, surrendered without blyp
90 taking accouu, Of stock. d, W.. a.c,r.
tainei that We bad d'e f5rr. FJr, Blr,1s
mounted II - rolpIer, Fort blanchard.
four Of the sane Fort Ilaser, ~ Fora
Forrest formerly bad (. bat part bad b,,n
taken away and tSo guns were found 10
battery % The east enI u the ISLAND. Ibsse
gun. all fell into our hanI., with largo
quantities Of all sorts Of equipments
Ia one Of the fori. W. found private
letter containing the i5.lovios " There
no possible chance Of our defeat. - you
can res, Quie, On lte sui isci. Aui not allow
your mind 20 30 in the leas, upset. You
can Judge u our ilrca from tho following
We have in The fort forty long 81 pound
guns ready Tor action, AMI seven ri1ri guns.
and have plenty ofaumunition flr fys
days action 80 rih, aud round bombs.
$500 round shot. geo grape shot. and CAMS.
ter shot in abuntincc. Everything 3. now
complete and in every way ready TOR action.
- you can see there is no u'c OF being scar.
ed"
| Sunday night the gun boat. fo'cci pas.
sage through the line ~ piles driven acro-.
/ the channel. and proceeiei after the rebel
beet They werc found at Elizabeth CITY.
We destroyed the Seah.ri. Cora P,whnttan,
I Fanny and FOry-t. The Cerr' captured.
while the Beaufort AM Raleigh ran up the
canal A' the lock VA. destroyed, drain.
ing the canal, /, Is thought they are enuap-
ped.
Another expedition went into tho Abe
marie Sound. TO Elenton. which place 80.
taken Possession Of 4 strong Union .sn,i-
ment was supposed 10 eIisI there.
oar loss }. Sc, down at IS, With AbOu,
900 wounded.
WbtIRN yEciSIa GLAND. ten Lam
Der has made an ad'ancs. 0r~ning tie Bal.
timure A OHIO railroad 90 rAdueah. lie
buit tr,isr o,er tts river Ia 3 hoar,.
| IIa,irg cleared b.. ispaTtus cot. BE- a.s, o.