Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-17
From the Norfolk Day Book Of saturday.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE ROANOKE
ISLAND DISASTER.

The following additional particulars Of the fight at
Roanoke Island have been communicated to US:
PORK POINT BArrERr.
Pork Point battery was under the command Of MAJOR
Hill and although the enemy directed most OF tner nng
az ainst IT, yet the end OF the frst day OF the DAY
Fnday) found that only one man bad been kiea
and three wounded.
LANDING or rHE rsKxYs FORCES.
During the night the enemy landed force Oh De,
tween eight and thousand troops at Ashoys, aho
tout O'Clock on Saturday morning they began NOV
ing forward when artillery, Stationed on the main
road beyond the swamp opened IRE upon them. Inc
artillery consisted of three pieces only one tWenyiouf
pound hoWitz,r, ole twevepound and one n1pounu'
In, sc pieces sere in charge Leus Seden and kenney
and CAPTAIN whose name We could not learn. The
guns managed with great skill and nravsry' ana
yoley after yoey poured into the enemy Tor ABOUT
four hours The Federals finally brought 10 bear upon
them three mountain howitzers, which were nred Win
great rapdity but with little effect, upon our brave men,
Who stood to their guns mlnuly until all their smnuni-
ton exhausted.
TIE EsENY's on ouR BArTERHs
During the engagement between our artillery and the
foe the lstters vessel opened IRE batteries with
their heavy Dahlgreen guns, dong however, but slight
execution The fire from the vessels began about quar-
ter past eight o'clock.
RESULT OF FIRST DAY's FTGHr.
Ga the first day Of the engagement four OF our gurs
we're dismounted and the upper part Of the magazine
carried away These guns remounted at night and
the battery placed in good condition as on the first
day One Of the enemys vessels VAS disabled, three
men killed and seven wounded
rHE wER's POINT BATTERY.
The wers Point Battery owing to its reno position,
did not fire than four shots.
Our ELLET AND WOUNDED.
Our total less during the battle, eight killed and
thirty wounded Two OF the latter Captain Wise and
private Burnett Of the Richmond Blues have since died
The following is list Of the killed Captain o. Jen.
nings Wise, Capt Robert Coles, Lieut.. VIM. b. Seden
aud seven priyates.
Captain Wise, at the time of his wounding was In
command of a battalion, composed of the Blues ard
Green Mountain Guards.
sEDERAL VESSELS AT ROANOKE ISLAND ON THURSDAY.
TIE following Uri ed States vessels were lying of b.
anoke Island In Croatan Sound, on Thursday;
Side wheel saem ships,
Propsllor, do do
Side wheel river steamers,
Ferry boats,
Canal propellors,
Stern wheel steamer,
% Transport mers,
making total Of 80 vessels
Twenty Of the enemys gunboats bad gone up the Al
bemarle Sound.
THE ESINY's VESSELS THE CANAL.
We learn from q gentleman who arrived from 0urri-
tuck yesterday, tnat several OF the feuerai gunOoaS
reached the canal Thursday Afternoon about three
o'clock and commenced fire Of shot and she'll on our
men who were engaged in bsrricading the canal.
FLAG OF TRUCE.
General Wise sent down a.g OF truce steamer to
Roanoke Island which returned to Curtnck Courthouse
on Thursday with the bodies Of Captains Wise and Coles
and Lieut. Selden. They were transferred to the ar
row" and to this city arriving here yesterday morn
ing about three o'clock.
FROM ELIZABETH CITY.
We learned from gentleman who left the outskirts Of
City Thursday and arrived in this city yss
erday afternoon that there thirty buildings burn
ed including the two hotels He was In the town at the
time Of the attack and asserts that to bis own know.
ledge, Ii was fred BY the citizens.
THE REMAINS OF CAPTAINS WISE AND COLES.
The remains Of Captains Wise and Coles forward
ed by the Petersburg train to their friends In Richmond
yesterday.
The bodies in charge Of Dr. j. j. Simkns Of this
city, who will accompany them to Richmond.
STILL LATER.
There we're $500 prisoners Of taken BY the Fed
erals which are TO b, paroled for exchange Immediately
and will return here from Roanoke Island.
The Fedeals confess to loss Of three hundred killed.
among them two Of their principal Colonies and other
prominent officers.