Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-20
Ac,;no Rr;ood;er Gen. Hill. Coils. Shaw

large number of subordinate officers.
When the result of the field fight became
known, Forts Baston, Blanchard and For
est were evacuated and the floating battery
on the main land was blown up. :.
The rebels blockaded the channel round
Chooton Sound by driving piles and sink
ing vessels. The enemy fired the town Oh
retreating.
Thefederal gunboat Com. Perry run down
the rebel Flag Ship Sea Bird, having on
board Commodore Lynch, cutting her apart,
our men boarded her pell nell. During the
encounter which ensued a portion of her OH.
GERS and crew jumped overheard, others had
their brains knocked out with the hand
spikes which were freely used on the occa-
sion. Later rebel accounts state that Lynch
has not yet been heard from, he being pro-
badly drowned during the fight.
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14---A special mes
senger arrived this morning bringing the
following dispatches:
T.. s. FLAG STEAMER, PHILADELPHIA,
Orr ROANOKE ISLAND, Feb. 8, '62.
Roanoke Island is ours. Its military au-
thorities struck to us yesterday. Their means
of defence were truly formidable and they
were used with determination worthy of a
better cause. They consisted of two elabor-
ately constructed works, mounting together
% heavy guns, three Of them being 100
FOUNDER rifles, four other batteries, mount
ing together 20 guns. A large proportion
of them being also of large calibre and some
of them riaed. Eight steamers, mounting
7 2 guns each, and each havinHa rifled gun,
: with the diameter of a thirty. two FOUNDER,
a protongel obstruction of sunken vessels
g and piles to thwart our advance, and alto
d pether a body Of men numbering scarcely
7. less than 5000, Of whom 1000 are now our
G prisoners.
t The fighting commenced on the morning
G of the 7th inst, about IL o'clock, and was
continued until dark. The following morn
ing it was resumed at an early hour, and 1t
lasted until well in the afternoon, when by a
bold charge of our army the rebel flag was
made to succulnb and our OWL WAS holsted
n everywhere on the Island in its place. No
E attack could have been more completely ex-
ecuted, and it was carried out precisely in
accordance with the arrangements make be-
fore the expedition left Cape Hatteras Inlet.
4 A detailed account of the operations Of the
- naval branch of the expedition will be for.
n warded to the Department hereafter.
ii beg to submit herewith a copy of a gen
eral order to be read on the quarter deck Of
n each vessel belonging to that branch Of the
expedition. | am, very respectfully, YOU
obedicnt servant,
>, i. M. GoLDsBoRoUGH,
Flag Officer Commanding North
Atlantic Bl~ockading Squadron,
a. To Hon. GIDEON WELLS, Sec. Of Navy.
The general order is as follows:
''Your efforts of yesterday and the day
before, against the enemy, were alike worthy
/, of yourselves and the sacred cause our glori
Gus flag upholds. l thank you Tor them
and congratulate you upon tho results achiev
II ed. No commander in-chief could hav'
y been more g~allantly sustained, or could hav'
desired a more gratifying display of GOODNESS
ID skill and discipline. We have yet NOR.
h work of the kind to accomplish, and viii
d soon deliver another blow to crush the hydr,'
of rebellion. From what / have alread,
witnessed, am sure that you will do it we'll
1T [Sienedl l.. NJ. GoLDsBoROUGH,
u. s. Flag Steamer Philadelphia.
orr ROANOKE ISLAND, Feb. 10, 1862.
Hon. Gideon WcHes, Sec'y Of Nary:
n SIR: Just as / closed my despatch to yo'
of yesterday, I received reliable informatio
that the rebel steamers which escaped from
pc here had gone to Elizabeth City, and there
., upon | Immediately ordered Commando
Rowan 10 TAKE tu1TtcuI VI Jul 'oailci VII
, der his command, and go in pursuit Of them
,he and also, if practicable, to execute anothe
u important service, viz: the destruction OF
IFS the North river of a link of the Albemarl
9. and Chesapeake Canal. He dashed of wit
is a whole heart to his work, and the way b
e ss has already accomplished the first part of il
", his own preliminary report, Il copy of whic
70 | have herewith enclose, will inform you
u have decided to send to Stars and Stripe
Oh off to Hampton Roads tomorrow morning
to bring me ammunition from there withou
~ delay. Mr.. Van Brunt, my Secretary, wi
nc 90 in her, and proceed to Washington, t
Ia deliver to you my dispatches and two c
'c' the rebel flags we have taken.
or | am, respectfully, your ob't s@crv't,
l.. NJ. GoLDsBoR0UGu,
ca Flag Officer, &c.
he U. S. STEAMER DELAWARE,
OFF ELIZABETH Cry,
at Friday, Feb. 10, 1862.
nd SRI have the happiness to repo
that | have met the enemy off this plac
on this morning, at Q o O'Clock. After a yer
he sharp engagement | succeeded in destroyin
or capturing his entire naval force, and 5
IT. lencing and destroying his battery on Cobb
i D.~ H. o,l,, yaccol oova1 trop, Il.