The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-15
" 'dLiosi'r Sound early on Friday morn
IiHoaicer Goldsborough's Gea In
, NSNty o@OSS

Vtot oik Point, abou, midway bo-
tw I,,,,.., Roanoke Island, A i0.inch gun
ba,,.,v opened on tie feet.
A reconnaissance by the Underwater shovel
that the enemy had obstruc,.d the passage by sink
inc veasels and drivi,g nii.s ,ba anti. ,i,,h -,
Croaton Sound that above this b,rrNcAde were
eight ginboata and tina, In addition I, the battery
ON Pork Point nan 81 Fort B,ttow, were Forts
blanchard, four guns, and For, uuger on welr's
Point four q na, and Fort L rrc4t, eight guns, ON
Rel Stone, on the West side O, the sound, oppoai,e
weir's r. int all Of which lore 50 Az IN p,.v ON o,r
fleet, should 4, a,temp, n pass the b.rricsie'
TIE fleet inme,iiarely advanced in ,brse o,Iup,s
10 attack Pork PJlnt battery aud the rebel Gun.
bats. Aux the engagement, became general.
and In lcss than AL hour the rsbe ae., rc,,ri ,be
Cuilew being ~ much disabled that she run
aground under Fort Forrest. Oar oee, now CON,
-entr A.eI IL ere on Fort B,rtog, A range from
three-quart.rs g. one mile, which wag A. near M
the water would allow our bo,,s 4, ,rprr,cb.
AZ So. ~ o.. ~-'~i -i---.-'- ''.. - i'-'i-
-, a.. s was Sho' away the quarters
49,. Wv ""ih Po"ed up by our shells.
' 'V" D'''''ueS ioroe' commenced
h'Iuor' about two miles below
=, ''' ''Oe' ''t'e OF w. Thousand with
',,'N' "ere STATIONED In the woodsto oppose
''',' '"' bu"D'A'S sheiled tbs woods and sat
'N' 'oCe'7 IN az directions. Our men were
''N'ii i" Nn'Ai steamers and launches AZ near the
mi1,Ila a, .,,r, ,,a,, A'''N'iS 70 tue
mile. VI
between three and f,,r o,c,o,,, thu -.,., a..
turnei IN ,be a,,,cL ,,,,,.,,,.,. 49,, 80 10
ment ensucd b.,v.or a, .,, -, Ds $50
h,ats yVhIle the ,er,.Irdsr l,.,,, 49,, a. 80,
Barlow. In an hour ,ba roho, ',,nt,a,. 49,
the second TINA savsr.I ~ ,hou, A,.arIat
Barlow fired li, soldo,, nov
Ask o.cIock oeyco, :, i,.,..,..,
o,,r Ca, a, ,,i,,',.1 : "sh"oi
eight hours. Many OF our punloa,. MAR. .,,,,,r
but none of them seriousIv dana,,,d 1ba ,.,,,.I
ties were three killed and eight or ten wo,,nds1
Meanwhile the land tprcea oon,i,roi ,bo L..
kAtion, and by midnight had force Of marie ~
coo men ON X lanokeIaland. The cnemv g.. In
trenched on the centre of the Island. s,u, ~ e,a
miles distant.
A, an early hour on s,,ur,,v rorr,,, o.,.-.,
Foster commenced forward movement followed
by the entire force under Gen. RENO and Gen.
Parks. AZ Abou, half past o'clock, Gen. Foster
came up with the enemy, defended by s-Sun
earthwork, hauked on both sides by whA, was
deemed an unEuppoItAble moruss, tie only All
proach To which was a narrow causeway, on which
their guns bore. In the battery and vicinity war,
from two TO three thousand men.
Our a,t,,,srv. which oors,s,o, 81,
the nav,, l.unch.. %. $50 ~ =, - .S -
y,s,.r. .b, nj ,ho ,,,,l.,i... 80. - S,
burnside bsins, n, ,ho - g..
Tha ipt,,,r- al .,.ul..- -,
viii g. .t-sS,.' ". w" ''uo
.,s,. ,Iaca, ,,i, 49, a. '''''
r... ON 18th ILL., a.. -, a, az. 'D' ''''-
ON, man .,.adt,,. 49, =. '''o 'l''Hy'
,roD,. a.. a. N'S's ~,ou"I 'He
eyersIv "'-
-, s'O1A' '"o No" 'HA MINI
,'' '.'s''eu "e otder TO charge
- 80 'o " .H' '"e''ly' charged up the
III ,y. N-,,o " uP"",u' % hA' nHe'
rs ,''-'o' A4N VT IN Tue "i'deS' man
- iu' ''''uS oeoAuie panic
49, ~-u ' '4' N'1N''a e."reu 'ne WORKS
- oSH "e'"e pie''P'"'o'y' leaving every
'-'1'
soon ~ possible oeneral Reno took up the
, 1'su"' iouo"eu W GENERA Foster VINO kept up
40 pu''r' VI INC man force OF the enemy while
a.. 80 80 - 'o"~'o i0'' h"ser' where
1 "0d'
,i,S bis RaaIman, :, I ,S H., s~.." was sent