Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-14
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#CINcINNArI, Feb. / 1th.

-roa =. 'r'' CiNcINNAr1, Feb. 11th.
Later dispatches from Cairo on Gu
sette eballetin says, that Fl. Donaldson
is surrounded by seven Of our batteries,
and 500 rebels are inside. The Fort
would be probably shslled this, after
noon or two -inorrow. ,aI..t'.,4 = Il. 90,
,,t. ,,nnr5a lsiPHILADELPHIA, 11th:
The, Baltimore Clipper published an
extract stating that Roanoke Island
was .captured after ::three days hard
fighting: Two rebel gunboats were
captured. and the rest were sunk or
scattered ,s.Esi si'-.'.-s--s!-g syf...si... o.
The peopleof Norfolk and Portsmouth
are panic stricken. -, -
( The neFs il confirmed bygpassengers
'Sy the Fortress Monr oe boat s rs :1-S'
.,.isA i,,.,. s., e7i.q :, GIN-,sFsb's ,l1th,,
.SsaBnrrnside has r. :, Cd ppiared. "Roahoke
Island i Il MAS defended BY abQuf6 1000
rebels, and are ,alftakieaaa, = suppose, as
they had no way to- get off. se ra~,Lr
Wise was in command on the land.
Our. .gunBoats on the Tennessee River
went UP MS far. as Florence, Alabama,
burnto one rebel gunboat, captured an
other, and destroyed all rebel transports
and Notifications on the river The
river is cleaned out as far as Florence.
~ GIN, Feb'y 18th.
Roanoke Island is in possession of
our forces. Out of3 900 bells ouly so
escaped Ehe rebels lost 800 killed,
and over 1000 wounded The balance
were captured.
The rebel fotilla of gunboass were
captured and destroyed. Elizabeth
City was occupied, and our forces are
passing on to Eienton, towards Norfolk.
o. Jennings Wise was badly wounded.
- FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. l1th
BY a flag of truce we have the follow
ing particulars through rebel sources,
Of the complete success of Burnside S
forces, at Roanoke Island: The Island
has been taken possession of by the
Federafs, and Com. Lynch's rebel. aest
destroyed ~
Elizabeth City was attacked on Sun:
day, and evacuated by the inha bitants.
1t was subsequently, burnt, whether by
our shells OF by the inhabitants is not
certain. ,t,.S-..s !
The irst news of the defeat arrived
at Norfolk on Sunday afternoon, and
oaused great eksitensps. The previous
news was satisfactory, stating that the |
Yankees had ,been:sailowsd to advance
for the purpose of drawing them into
trap. - Ma sssssS 6
The rebel force ons s.he, Island is sup
posed 70 have been only as little over
900 effective fghtius meD
General Wiss was ~ At Naeg' 3 Head,
and was not present daring the engage |
ment When the situation became dan
gerous, he was removed.
All the gunbeats but one we're taken;
that escaped up creek, and was proba-
bly,, also, destroyed. .-s;4 -.;gg aa
One report at Norfolk says that 70,
and another that .only;5 200 escaped from
he island. Gen. Huger telegraphed to
Richmond that only 60 on the Island
escaped. There appears to be no bright
side to the story for the rebels.
The Richmond Eraninsr os this
morning, says in its leading editorial,
hat "tbe loss of the entire army on
Roanoke Island, is the most painful
event of the war. The intelligence by
yesterday is fully confirmed.
twenty-five hundred brave troops on
IN island in the sea were exposed to all
The fire of Burnside's 'fleet They re-
'isted with courage, but when fifteen
men were landed against them,
ind their retreat being cut off by the
urrounding elements, they were forced
o surrender. This is a, specimen of
aatteras, on q large SCALE"
Thefollowing are the dispatches on the
uhject in the Richmond papers this
morning: ".. + saasa
NoRFoLK, Feb'y 10th.
The latest news says that o. Jennings
Wise was shot through the hip and dis
bled, though the wound was not NOR
al. Major LANCER, and Lieut.. Miller,
re wounded.
About 300 Confederates were killed. !,
Oar wounded number over 1000. The
umber of Yankees wounded is about
be same. !
A late arrival this morning says Eliz- ,
beth City has been she!led and burned ]
y the Yankees; and their army is push
az in through to Edenton. s
Second Dispatch.-A rumor prevails, |
hat Com. Lynch's hotilla of gun-boats I