Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-05-10
The War News.

Harrisburg, Va, April So
Through secession channels it is
learned that the Governor Of North
Carolina was arrested and imprisoned
IN Richmond two weeks ago, on &C.
count of his Union sentiments.
Washington, April 80.
A letter received here from a gen
tleman high in authority i'll Tennessee
contains the following:
Say to the P. N. General that we
are succeeding beyond our most san
gulne expectations.
As soon as the rebel army is driven
beyond the limits of Tennessee, the
State will stand for the Union by an
overwhelming majority. l hope the
Government will be impressed with the
absolute necessity Of the army enter
ling East Tennessee. They are MUIR
dering and plundering our people by
thousands Their act. of inhumanitv
and barbarity are without parallel.
The letter concluded
"Great God, is there no relief for
that people p
The Post Office Department has OPP
en- the following Offices in Tennessee ::
MurfIeesboro, Springfield and Frank
lin.
The Petersburg Express of day be-
tore yesterday has long editorial re-
garding the loss at New Orleans, and
I says the city was captured by our gun
boats, being encased with bales of wet
hay, SO that hot and cold shot were Of
no use. The Louisiana, mounting %
guns, was sunk, the Express says, by
our steel pointed conical shot. The
cotton was destroyed by fire and the
sugar emptied into the river.
The specie in the banks was all re-
moved from the city when Gen. Lowell
|returneC.
Fortress Monroe, May /.
A flag Of truce from Craney Island,
this p. M, brought down an English
nobleman, and several newspapers, Civ.
ing the particulars Of the capture Of
Fort Macon and some additional par
ticuars of the fall of New Orleans, and
other interesting items.
The Wilmington Journal of Tuesday
has the following in confirmation of the
reports of the fall Of Fort Macon, tel
egraphed from here yesterday:
We have just learned that the FIRE
was opened on the fort at a quarter be-
fore SIX O'Clock on Friday morning,
and that the engagement between the
fort and Federal batteries was kept up
until seven O'Clock that evening, when
the fort became wholly untenable, and
was surrendered as above stated. All
the guns inside the fort, opposite to
the side of attack, were dislnounted.
and all but three Of the guns bearing
upon the enemv's batteries, were also
dismounted. The cnemy's central bat
terry Of preaching guns was within
LOO yards Of the fort. The right and
left thanking batteries were more dis
| tant.
Fortress Monroe, Nav l.
To E. H. Stanton, Secretary Of Var :
Capt Warden, of the navy, with
dispatches from Gen. Burnside, has
just arrived He reports that Fort Ma
con was taken after eleven hours bonn
! barGment.
-Four hundred prisoners were taken.
Col. White, late Of the Ordnance
Department, commanded Fort Macon.
Loss on our side one killed and eleven
wounded. (Signed,)
JOHN E. WooL,
Major General.
Cincinnati, May 2.
The Commercial has, from it's cor
respondents with army Of Gen. Hal
leck, the following official figures of
our loss at the battle of Pittsbr,rg
Landing:
Netherlands Division-killed, PSI:
wounded, 1851; missing, 235. w. II
/. Walace's Division-kilIed, 22s;
wounded, ,o33; missing, l,16s. Lew.
Wallace's Dlvision-killed, 43; wound
ed, 257; missing, 5. Hurlbut's Divis-
ion-klled, sls; wounded, ,44e; miss
ing, 225. Sherman'S Division-killed.
437; wounded, l,O42; missing. 4s6.-
Prentiss' DIvision-killed, 1876; wound
ed, So; missing, 1902. Crittenden's
Division killed, so; wounded, 40;
missing, 81. Nelson's Divi~ion-kill.
ed, 90; wounded, 6l2; missing, 10
McCook's Division-kiIed, 81; wound
ed, sos; missing, II.
Total killed, 1885 ; total wounded,
1882; total missing, 1855.
Total killed, wounded and missing,
1878.
About 800 wounded have since
died.
Our burial parties report between
$500 and 5000 rebels found dead on
the field.
The Conanasrcial publishes passages
of letter from Gen. Grant, in reply
to a letter informing him Of the nature
of criticism Of his management Of the
battle Of Pittsburg.
Gen. Grant says -
81 will go on and do my duty to the