Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-07

papers a loss of so killed and 100 wounded.
he slnce admitted 80 killed and 222 wounded.
The hrst estimate Ct the Federal officers va
ried between 600 and COG. Since then | an
informed by our psr0led officers and ~priTatcs,
that they universally heard the Federal loss
ser down at $40 killed and wounded. When
driven from their position the survivors OF this
gallant 406. AiIsr retiring half q mi:e, agaiH
took up n sne:ti0:: AID were formed in bsti!e
array, ready and Eager again to ucss the ene-
MT. when !n!nrraeh If lie surrender. To this
fact, which eseiy experienced CGidisF will "p-
prtc!stu, ~snIur.at cher; Capt. l:tb0t;en ;cs-
tiaes.
For tbs neglect to be- thu marshes, ior tie
engineering IN the Island, Tor the neglect OF
surveys, fer tie feet that Com. Lynch's squad.
ro1, With Elk out Of feya1 steamers not disabled
(though ~ttjured,) had 70 discontinue the fght
from nahl OF ammunition to iast more than a
few hoa:s, 10y tie fact Of the contemplate tprte
On .Ee iilsnG, Insufficient 10 pr0:sc, it a7e:i il
the usrShes had baen barred. | know sa inYe5-
t!gallon sill! show tina! the offers namad we're
III no %tss to blame, they having been uHTe-
mlittng N tksir Representations and cStrt!cas
to obtain lnen, ammunition and materials to
nSkG O respectable daie1Ca.
Scx5 is to General HanEingsen, iHho is
only Colonel vi the 59fh regiment Virgin d
Yoiuaioe7S,) He was lr:t in Richmond when his
regiment Laarci:ed 10 bring dawn three COM
psnirs u artillery. These companies had
baan deprived Of all their f:orsrs ana al their
guns and c~.issoTs, tyctp! ti"s, in Testern
Virginia. NJ Trash gans were ohtain.d,
though provided, in Richmond. Tbs horses
Z. r,tcS,uI -o, Ill ,.t,.i -, j. - -
least forty entirely unbroksn. The carriages
acd caissons sent 10 repair were not furnished
till the mnrairs Of the Monday Oh which he
left R,chrionti. Tie harrc=; r Is defective, the
drivers i;lj ssrgeanta without saddle. blankets,
and hc was compelled tc leave w!:hou: snrmu.
n%iiiyn, having been supplied land as far as
thuon directing these matters kue1) without r
cha:ga Of powder. Yet for nany wceks the
svlo business Of Tie Capiaina of these COLE %.
n,es, ID Richmond, had, 10 ry knowledge,
Lern 10 make daily acquisitions.
On reaching Norfolk, (whsre another sur
WIS furnished )Col. Hsnningssn received ard.r
irvia General Wise 10 proceed with The horses
snL men by the beach road, leaving tie euua,
c~l:sso;;s, &c, to follow by Ipter.
After General Wise left Norfolk, theas I'll deIs
we're charged by bis Cbiel, General Huger,
who directed Colonel Honningscn to take The
guns, ~caiae0Ea and wagons b. tho mainland
route. On Harvesting up, lnnunsTahle acc.
dents took place. Ono gun carriage AM u forge
wagon We're GaUagdI. and harness was giving
way ia all directions. Nevertheless hs rsti
mated that in ten days the animals Could b.
! broken 10 d.e aad barnes. Four days march
; trough :hc most inclenert Weather, brought
! him to Elizabnth City. On the sixth day, BY
leaving tho :ninals without corn the preceding
| nigh, opening bre at a dis!inee, giving each
| horse q handful of corn and gradually ap-
preaching the guns, the teams we're thnrongbiJ
brckun to hre. Ga the seventh day they wcrc
hsr messed. manouvered ard fired h;a',k CO..
fridge rapidly. On the eishta day may we:s
again manoeY-red in harness aad fred Gns
hundred rounds, snd were then pronounced
Il: iur work respectfully il the hsld-s rcsul'
ceriainiy lever tcfora attained Or this coli:-
nent
Bat lbs -as tia day Oh which tho fgh,
took p!.'s on Roanoke Ialard. ard Oh eonclu'
ding this practice, performed with daDsged
ammuni;ion,) Gen. Eenningseu received cd.
| vicos ircm Ger. Wise, tbs! tho enemy YES
coming up the S,und in over whelniag nun-
tcrs, srd be vas ord5rc'i 10 remain a. E!izr
both ali IL: chat he cod..d 10 aid in i;a dc
ience.
H. il quiz p:aIn'thnI if Gen. iius=r hai moi
changed Gen. Wise's orders, that althouef
Gen. Henn;ngsen might hare been ou r lanoke
Island with guua, men ami horses that the;
would llayo been useless Tncy wcuii haTe
arrived shcre such as they LETT Norfolk. II tic
teams were unmEnagcable il the streets o
that ctr, Via: would they have been, rem.
dered frantic By the fire of their own pieces
and tie bursting Of abel! amongs: them =
Nothing, Obviously, but a met 81 guns, men
~caissans and horses. Gen. Huser, therefore
il not cnsrgeatle with cccssioning the fcrie;.
turs Of ;Es supposed advantages which these
siz, mo. bfieen pieces,) might have procured
to our fcrcss. Neither is Ii believed that G 80,
Husar viii prove on investigation wholly, i
at MI blsma7hle for theae shortcomings which
fron hif oE1 :isi position, ere directly charged
to hiIc.
II is, however, egu,iiJ plain, tis. blt fol
dsi:Js occurring il Richmond. End Of which
nc part OF the blame can rest with Gen. Hugcr
or Gen. W,so, or any Of his officers, this Rrtil
lery with twelve pieces, and il perfect work
iag condition, Nigh: and ought 10 have beer
upon thu Island, if ordered there 1t 81. oet
month ago.
Had it bseN there, ttl: he loss Ct ice zns-
my would nave been much heavier clAnot b.
| doubted, but that it could have Influenced tn,
fate OF the Island, all acquainted with the fsct
can only regard IS an absurd slppo2ition.
The total force of Col. HenDingsen CONSISTED
OF these three companies of artillery, with si1
pieces, bG. without either side STms or hrl
arms.
As for the enemy, hs hss certainly, through
our weakness ard %neg,ect, achieved a result
most Important. Bu: il with over $50 sail at
Is, 600 mea, hc csn find anything 10 boast Q
IN overcoming 1900 men, (of whom only go
were engaged with three guns IL the Po-l
Point battery then at the barricade, (the onl,
artillery used,) AID seven !;ttle stealus:A, whicl
kept him OF bay ne whole Of the frat day
only retiring when their ammunition ga7o ou!
hs is free to do so.
Neither has he anything to beast Of ia th
conduct Of his oPeratiors-oTerbearing oil
weakness timply by brute force, proiting a
li:tle as possible by mia overwhelming adran
tagos, and failing 70 display either strsseti
tao: or professional skill. In the Pork Poin
battery he had not dismounted or silenced
single gun, neither at the barficade bad he dis
mounted any. OF thu Mosquito Fact he ha'
only destroyed one vessel. Ha might, will
impunity, after it retired, have pushed OF
through and compelled the whole fcrcs or IT,
Island to surrender without wasting snothe
charge. If determined on fight, for the vail
glory of the thing, by landing on the Nortl
end of the Island, he could hare taken The bar
r;csde 10 tho reverse and at ones have render
Ell, resistance impossible.
General Burnside remarked that he had nev
er encountered q more desperate rcsistane
than was made By the gallant four hundred a
the barricadc, outside OF wich fell tie chival
rous o. Jennings Wise, whose last words, re
corded BY the enemy, were in aps@ Ger to tt
hope s.prcsaed By a Fedora, Major Kimball
THAT they should be still re united under tina
a,g-ths Union colors'-to which the dyil
patriot replied
"Geve7, nerert We riH aeper lice unde
that aog again. Eeery man, Do".an and chill
1. &C iLlioo 10 gour cut the last drop Of III.