The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-14
THE R0ANOKEISLlND VICTORY
Elizabeth City and
Edenton Captured
1900 PRISONERS TO BE SENT
TO NEW YORK.
ESCAPE OF GEN. WISE.
Commodore Lynch of the Rebel
Fleet Escaped by Swimming TO
The Opposite Shore.
Bravery Of Hawkins ZOuaVeS.
The Citizens Of Elizabeth City
Crave Aid Of Commodore
Goldshpro to Extinguish
the Fire.

Fr'rc1 hyaroe FtJ. 10, rii BIFim'rc, Feb
ii,i.-rhe gunboat st,-s aul Stripes ar,ivod ri
neon from Gen. II irnEle's expedition, rl,h bearer
Of disp,t.h,s t. the Government
Tbeytelort the route q tho rs5,'s rs complete.
Three ,Lous nd pii,oners wcro captured, aud al
,h . prrloa's JurnI or captured, except two,
Which escarel in dc cana.
TieF,dcrsl .oss ia killed wa ;, wounded about
iio. Taettbe. D. led were ab,u. 80, aud their
wouna, less than go.
Tie advance 'r,m Ha,leras ~ K place on w.
media, L rnlns the oSpciu i.s,ing ofa3oui co
y,tscl.. Glc He.t Hnci o5td % sunny z P,in' on
hat IA. sht AMI tie mex, day proce ,Ivi T. the en-.
,rtu,e Of CrotcL's Juui.
Aner reconnoisseuGp the attack WAS clmmsn nreI
On Tddsy, Vie UnderNritS ;eaiug the column.
TLoicld G.ci was .itgckel and Dispersed ia hal
an hour ly the navy, while tie rcnNlnlcr 1t ~
tire lana latteri,s Tne eight cuntinnsd uutii i..k.
Duriir the III sht ten thousand men were .ndcl,
and On Saturday morning seven thousand m1~c.
masked battery of three guns Sai s,on di'cov-
cred by the lklim,shers, and WAS attack u in font
and on bo,h nnks. Tie 2ist Gosh and 2j,h NJ
,achuse,,s, the oh aud Dist New Y rk, anl tie
10Th Connecticut were part 'ular'y eng 'sed.
The s5.h Massachusetts and tho lotl Consee,i,u'
9, ser,d mo.t severely.
Tie hsh, lasted on'y two or thee hours, when
tile battery was abandoned.
Our troops purfuei and surrounding the rebel
camI +, 10 * nearly tie whole command prisoners.
O jennings Wise was wounded, and was shot
twice while ende.yoring a. escape IN a bat.
al. Russell, of the 10th Connecacu,, was killed
a, the head Of his regiment,
Lcut. visi,r de Mont Il, of tie D'EpIs eil
Zou,yes, whose services wtro Y.lIntIry, WAS ais
Killed.
No other ofhcsrs were k.rei above The rank %
L,eu,,u.nt. or totl io.iin killed and wound
ls less sCO, and tic nurnJe, o: killed Is less than
90.
We took between 1900 and Q 900 prisoners. who
were shout leul. sent 70 New York Ia the s r.
spsu,d.r z and ousr steamers. Au5ng them arc
hbJAt t"tlNc OF Atteh N'4N's'sr l. -N' A'AA' N''h'
els aud Majors.
On Sunday afternoon a feet Of lteen gunboa,.
star ed tor Elizabeth City. Tao place saolled,
aud, having been evacuated and partly burut BY
tie rebel troops, WAS occupied.
Al tie rebd fleet was sunk or burnt, except twu
the II anoke and Beaufort, which esisp u up the
canal. The Sea Bird, which was the n,yslip o
&, N, Lynch, was uu duwn aud L,ardel, and tho
Ly,lant C,mnodore escaped by smlumlng - tie
shore.
Tie news from Elizabeth City was received a,
10 roke Island ON Monday evening, and tie str-
sud Stripes lefI on TUESDAY morning Sle 1t is<
the bar at lIa,teras Tuesday night, but sirt.
Cd again n the morning and arrived here gbou,
r,.n ,sy. She brings bearers ot Dispatches iroru
Gen. Eurnsine and Commander Go.dsboroush
She wi. take in cargo OF ammunition aud wi
r,t,nn immediately.
n,ral Wise was 1t Nag Head snl succeeded
IN e'capins 10 N1r.oE.
TIE rebels made NJ hsh, after being driven from
tl,ir in,renohmeD'4. w.. ,h w,s done ly the uag
k,us Zouayes anu the 9lst Massachusetts.
Young Wise resisted the rtlrming parties, when
heWas carried ,n the f.ld aud his command re
tired win the othcrst, the upper end ofthe Island
wi ue they Laid down tlcir arms.
Ellateth City was about half burnt by the rob,
foldiors. Tie peol ls sent of depu.Alion 10 Com
Goldftorough, asking him to send a force - a sis