The national Republican., 1862-02-13

hartrsu't; New Jersey Och. Col T. W. Allen
Wis regiment consists OF 1856 men rank and
ht'. New Hampshire 9Th, Colonel Nelson Con.
verse.
THIRD BRIGADE.
bRiGADiER GENERAL, JOHN @. PARKE
iteytnlents Composing The Brigade. nee.
u2lI 9Th, Col. Edward Hsrland; Connecticut
tiih. Col. T. II. q. kipgsbury; New York 53d.
y DEpineuil Zouaves, Col. Lionel Jobert D'Eni.
neuil; NewYork s9th. Col. II. s. Fairchild: Rhode
's;a1d tth, Col: J. 7. Rodman; Rhode Island
IN Battalion, Maj job Wright, lin Command !
This battalion numbers about $50 men.
The D'Epiueuil zouaves went with the expe.
di,!on as far as Hatteras, on board the John
Trucks, but the vessel could not get over the
bar, 80 the regimen. returned to Annapolis ten
days sgo.
Besides the above regiments, the following
attachments 0t artillery aud cavalry belong to
iho expedition: Battery F, Rhode Island Artil.
'efy, Captain Cbas. Belgier; New York Marine
Artillery. Col. W. A. Howard.
The land forces Of this division NAV be
fInned up as follows: Fifteen full regiments
and one battalion Of infantry; one battery Of
1v>hsld pieces OF artillery; forty-fye rified
guns, distributed through the ilset or a total ot
aag-cns guns s'ths disposal of the land forces
!he regiments are, with two or three exceptions
"p to the standard Of 1000 men; and adding
tas gunuers Ia charge Of the feet the total
nghiug force amounts to fully l6, 600 mer.
ss.de rcn the naval vessels.
TBE FLEET.
ihe following is the number of the rcssel,
which compose the feet:
Gunboats, (propsllers,) carrying SO runs o
.oatips batteries. carrying Is guns s
Armed transports. >
tIirned steam transports q
ling Transports armed and unarmed, ID
1iorse transports, supply vessels, etc. 20
''''''''' .............,,......b9 .b9
Do-ides the foregoing, over thirty schoouers
rom Philadelphia laden with coal, lumber,
&C. accompanied the expedition. The trans.
r2rt portion of the expedition was considera
t'y Increased at Hampton Roads before the
4cparture The total force Of the feet sums
up to about l25 vessels.
The gunboat feet was divided into two A.
lacking columns, the first of which was nnder
command Of Commander s. F. Hazard IT 6
NJ and the other under Comm ander Stephen G
Rowan, U. s. N. 1t Is In addition to thu ves
8rIs reported from Annapolis. The entire ma.
,'i force was commanded by Flag Officer l. |
W. Goid:borougb, Commander In chief.
Inc total number Of guns in the fleet Of
Hatspor's is 45, all OF which, save four. IN.
'leii iio"izers, Bre rid. The effective range
% ,A''c pieces is from u to ~ miles.
a"rc has been great dissatisfaction at II e
2iaracter of some OF the vessels, but the great
"v'iH oil them, as the event has shown, are
launch and seaworthy, 90 that, after all. Gen.
burnside was not ruined by contractors.
The gunboat transports are peculiar and
'JraidAbie. They are screw propellers, about
800 tons burden, rugged with masts and sails,
"ll carry from to rinsd guns.
accompanying the expedition, were five
p '1''og batteries, designed for effective wo,k
Ih' 'nI an action. Each battery was ccmpos, d
ot nVe S'ou' canal hoats, divided into five
"a'oF-"eht compartments. They have but OF
6sch, with strong platforms for gun,. Each
one mas crew Of frcm 10 to lG experier ced
3 Liners who we're to be protected by bales of
We. hay.
VI" SIISALs.-Each vessel in the feet ia
l. 'Snstei by signal number, and the vessel.
II each brigade are known by different COL
cf9H hug from which it Is known 10 what brig.
.'-e " belongs The first brigade Is designated
~ : red h's with white figures the second
'''gadc by blue flag with white figures the
'l..d 'Fis4d by red and blue flag with while
''' urrS' These signals to be used during &C.
"N' y waving in certain directions, to repre-
'gn. certain combinations of figures which IN
i1'n' represent the letters of the alphabet
thoroughly drilled signal corps had CHARGE q,
his matter
Ano'aer important feature Of the exped ition
'.'' Us 3Oo bridge boats, for crossing rivers or
."""si they are $ feet wide and SO feet loup,
= c'uld at sbor. notice, form a bridge onr
- "a 'eHsth and I6 feet wide. These boats
~ be transported over land. upon wheels,
AVN by horses.
H' o'iei statement will give the reader some
-! of Toe character and magnitude of this
'TH1t expedition. 1t appears 10 have heen ,
omp iete n all its paris. and has nobly efYecled
- obJect Tor which 1t was Designed. The ,
ehe,' thanked God that the feet vas destroysd
" ne casualties vere trifiing, when comp ,rrG
- VaSt force Gt the expedition nrd The :
h. gals t1ruugh "pica IL passed. IL sill ,
~ o. "'ni having passed through 40 ord,s. VII
" au4 water,