Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-15
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The Fort will Be g.0rireN III two day., IL no
surrendered before.
Our men have driven back tie enemy In eve
~ Instance, ~ ssifcBFEI 2ll-' ia.9fA eu
Pillow, FLOYD, Johnston and BuckleF arc sai,
to be here.
One company has been within seyenty.6y,
yards of the e6enyss ihtfenchin ents. on 'Ai.
l. 100000 ass4-2l- y it8hs
Particulars of the Capture OF Roam.
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FoRrKEss MoNRof, Feb. al3,--The gunboa
Stars and Stripes arrived this noon from Burn
sides Expedition, with bearer Of dispatches foI
the Government aob Tney report the ront of the
rebels as complete. Three thousand prisoners
were captured, and all their gunboats buried of
captured, except two, which escaped Ia the
canal The Federal loss = killed, fofty-tWo;
wounded, about one hundred and forty. Rebel
loss-killed. about thirty; and their wounded
less than one hundred. 81 lar .e.Il 2 .s.sm
The advance from Hatteras took place on
Wednesday morning, the expedition consisting
Of about sixty Vessels. The feet anchored off
Stumpy Point that night, and the next day pro-
ceeded to the entrance of Croatan Sound. d AZ
ter raTeoonnoissance, tho attack commenced on
Friday morning, the Underwater leading the
column. Tho rebel aeet was attacked by a pOr,
tion OF our navy, and dispersed In half an hour,
while the eremainder attacked the land batteries.
The fight continued till dark. During the night
ten thousand men were landed, and on Saturday
morning, seven thousand. tg rna,
A masked battery Of three guns was soon dis.
covered by the administers. and was attacked
In front ynd on both fAnks. The Tsenty-frst,
Twenty fifth, and Twenty seventh Massachu
setts, the Ninth and Fifty-6rst New York, aud
the Tenth Connecticut we're particularly en-
gagged. The Twenty-6fth Massachusetts, and
the Tenth Connecticut suffered most severely.
The fight lasted only two or three hours, when
the battery was abandoned. Our troops pur.
sued, and surrounded the rebel camp, and took
nearly the whole command prisoners o. Jen-
nings Wise was shot twice, while endeayorinR
to escape In boat. ~ ''s" y II
Colonel Russel, of the 10Th Connecticut, was
Killed at the head OF his regiment. Lieut. Col.
D'Monteile, Of the D'Epiniel Z,usyes, whose
services were voluntary, was killed No other
officers were killed above the rank Of Lieuten.
ant. Our total loss In killed and wounded Is
less than two hundred, and the number of kill
ed 10 less than fnyA l'su ssot,aA s'e'- s'etA
On Sunday afternoon feet OF fifteen gun
boats started for Elizabeth City. \ The place
was ehelled, and having been evacuated and
partially burnt BY thestebel troops, was ocou:
pied. .tsntli ieyIt11s- .rsalo
The Sea-bird, which was the. flagship of |
Commander Lynch wasrun down and boarded, |
and the gallant Commander escaped by swim
ming to the shore.
The. news from Elizabeth City was receiv-
ID AZ Roanoke leland on Monday evening. ,l
Gen, Wise was at Nag's Head, and succeed.
I'd In escaping to Norfolk. A
The rebels made no fight after being driven
rom their entrenchments, which was done By
be Hawkins Zouaves and the 2lst Massachu-
etts. IA I5 ,r l.a ssflI.lI "a y 7s ~
Young Wise resisted the storming parties till
10 was wounded and carried off, when his COM
nand retreated with the others to the upper
'art Of the Island, where they laid down their
rms. .... ,......., .-,,fs IN. ,r..Ti.
Elizabeth City was about half burnt by the
ebel soldiers. The people sent off q deputa-
ion to Commander Goldsboro, asking him to
end q foroeto assist them 10 exiinguisbIug the
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Edentoc was taken possession Of on w ednes.
ay, by Com. GoldsboIo, no opposition being
ffered. "a ZAP. aq4vaie.tJft,0 .foCH.jSl
Norfolk and Richmond papers attribute the
oss Of Roanoke Island to the blundering inef.
cheney of the navy. They still persist In as
erting that one thousand Federals we're killed
they also charged some Roanoke leland far.
ner with deserving and plotting the Yankees
D the only point where they could effect a.
lndiDg, the landing being Aanked on all eides
y an extensive march.
Dispatches from Memphis to Norfolk admit
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