, 1862-02-13
BuRNSlDE's GREAT VICTORY.
CAPTURE of Roanoke Island
Confirmed.
REBEL LOSS 800 KILLED AND
1000 PRISONERS.
Lynch's Rebel Fleet Destroyed.
ELIZABETH CITY REPORTED BURNED.
TIRE C6NFEDERATES ACKNOWLEDGES i
DAMAGING DEFEAT,

FORTRESS NoN&0E3 ECU. iA--Dy u Attee5 VI
truce to-daS We learn of the complete success
OF the Burnside expedition at Roanoke Island
The Island was taken possession Of and Com.
Lynch's feet completely destroyed Elizabeth
City was attacked On Sunday, and eyacuated
by the inhabitants. The city was previously
burned, but whether by our shells or the in
habitants, is not certain.
The first ncws Of the defeat arrived at Nor
folk on Sunday evening, and caused great ex-
element The previous news WAS very salts |
factory to them, stating that the Yankees had |
bccn allowed to advance for the purpose Of !
drawing them into trap. |
The rebel force Oh the Island is supposed to |
nave been little over 5000 fighting men.
Gen. Wise was i'll at Nag's Head, and was not !
present during the engagement. When the
situation became dangerous he was removed
to Norfolk.
All the rebel gunboats but one were taken,
and that escaped up a creek, and was probably
destroyed.
One report says that only seventy, and an
other that only twenty-five Of the ConfIdcr-
ates escaped from the Island. Gen Hugcr
t.le:erapllcd TO Richmond that only fifty on the
Island escaped. There appears to be no bright
s.dc Of the story for the rebels. The Richmond
Enan;;7te7 Of this morning, in a leading edito-
| rial, says:
| The loss Of in entire army on Roanoke Is
| Land is certainly the most painful event Of the
war. The intelligence Of yesterday, By tele-
graph, is fully confirmed. Two thousand and
| i've hundred brave troops on an island in the
| sea were exposed to all the force Of the Burn
| side fleet They resisted with the most deter
! mined courage, tut when Is, 600 Federal troops
were landed against them, retreat being cut
81 1y the surrounding H.! dement's, they we1e
| forced to surrender. This is 4 repetition OF
| the 1Iattcras affair on 1 large SCALE
DISPATCHES TO RICHMOND PAPERS.
| The following dispatches on the subject arc
| taken from the Richmond papers Of this mor1l-
ing:
SoEFo1K. Feb. 1o.-The latest news states
that Capt O. Jennings Wise, son OF Governor
Wise, was shot through the hip and disabled,
| though his wound is not mortal
Major Lawson and Lieut.. Miller were NOR
tally wounded. About 800 Confederatcs were
killed TAc wounded number over ,0G0. The
| number of Yankees wounded is about the
| s:1.le.
I A late arrival tllis morning says that Eliza
hc1h City had been shelled and burned BY the
Yankees, and that the enemy was pushing on
TO Edcn1on-
| NorrolK, Feb. 10-A rumor has prevailed
that Com. Lynch's fleet Of sullsloats has been
captured. Ii is moi regarded as true, hut IS
believed that all wcrc burned by 1llc Confctl-
crates 10 prevent their capture with the excc,-
| tlou Of one, which was cndeayoring to make
its escape The 1lcct went to Elizabeth City
from Roanoke Island, and WAS probably burnt
at thu former point
NORFOLK Feb 10.-A dispatch was received
ut Richmond ut midnight, stating Us fo1lo.s:
IA courier arrived here this afternoon at
four O'Clock, and brought the intelligence thai
Elizabeth City was burned this morning by it:
inhabitants. During the conf1agrltit,n the
Fcdcrals landed a largo force. All our gun
| boats, excepting one, werr captured By the
| ant1ny- Gen. Wise has not yet arrived al
| Norfolk
| ACCOUNTS IN TIE NORFOLK DAY BOOB
The following, thc very latest, VIC copy from
the Norfolk Day Book:
"a courier arrived here yesterday afternoon
; at three O'Clock, from wnom NC gather 1h'
following information:
The enemy advanced in full force upo,
. Elizabeth City yesterday about seven o'clock
and began al attack upon That place. The cit
lZens, f1s1ln. Resistance vain, evacuated tn
place, bnt before doing so, set fire to th
town, :,11d when our Informant left it was still
i'll flames We have also to record tue captur
by the enemy Of all our little fleet, except tn
Fanny, or Forrest, our informant is not Ger
tain which This eluded the enemy She wa
pursued, however, and fears are entertained
that shc WIS captured.
, 1t is said that before our boats surrender
cd they were abandoned, aud that their crew
| succeeded in making their escape; If SO, ~
| are at a loss to conjecture why the boats wer
| not tired before they were abandoned. Til
disaster TO our little 1ctt is attributable t.
the fact, that having exhausted their suppl
| Of coal aud ammunition, they proceeded Il
Elizabeth City for the purpose Of obtaining
supply Every effort was 'nadc to obtain co1l
a | hut without success, and the boats could not
therefore. return to the Island and lend ut
assistance whatever to our forccs.''
''Al1 the details as published, with refcrenc
. TO the capture Of Roanoke 1s1and, arc confirm
cd by the courier, who represents our loss :.
t *U0 killed and wounded, and that Of the cucrn
at not less than ] 900 killed. Great havoc NJ:
made among the enemy. While coming u
! :rought to bear upon them two S2-poundcr
and ut every fire their ranks were 1erri1]
q tAinned- Tie places Of the fallen, howcyc
c | were quickly filled. The Park Point Batter
:, ~as manned by tue Richmond Blues, and mo:
Il hobly did they defend it. During the con1ic
+ they were attacked by 4 whole regiment
Zouavcs, and tlou,sl, completely oveTpoweret
they stood their ground. They did no! yield
foot till all but seven OF them lad fallen bect
in.r 10 the ground.
;: "Thtre is good reason to believe that Ii,
Colonel Henmingsen, with his artillery, bee
j. Roanoke Island, it would not have bee
:, forced 10 surrender. It is reported one re-,
, | .nrnt from Massachusetts was badly cut III
= tat ii is Impossible to ascertain which Of ii
| tive it was that were attached to the cxpct'
| tion-
All the Southern papers, received to-day, a
+ unanimous in admitting a complete victol
u FOR our troops, and in SAYING the loss Of Il
+ Island is Il very serious one
e The news received to-day occasions gre
i excitement ut Old Point.
s A steamer, with official dispatches from &c
", Burnside, is hourly expected.
= Thcprisoners captured, numbering at lea
a,cc0, will be here in few days.
IL 4 flag Of truce was sent to Cranev 1sla,
T. early this morning, to inform General Hug
d that the prisoners Of var from Fort War;
h hare arrived.
T. The rebel steamer West Point came o
Is from Norfolk, and the prisoners were transit
IA red. They numbered four captains, three Fl,
Geutenants, six second lieutcnants, two thi
iicrtcnants, and 3S4 priyates and colorcd $,
wants. They were taken at Hatteras and Sau
IS Rosa, and arc the last Of the prisoners Of "
u ii Fort Warren, except. Com. Barron.
- THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION
-. Tho Scene Of Its Success thus far
,tc Tho victory achieved by the Burnside Ex,
De- dition appears all the more solid and subst;
of tial in the Light Of subsequent dispatch