Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1862-02-20
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.


days. The loss in killed and wounded on both
sides is said to be very great The Federal loss
alone being estimated at four hundred killed and
eight hundred wounded, large per centagt
being officers The Confederates, fighting be-
hind entertainments did not suffer so much in
casualties, but fifteen thousand of them were
taken prisoners, their commanding officers
Generals Johnson and Buckner, among the
number. Sixty-6ve peices of artillery and TWEEN
ty thousand stand of small arms were also taken
This is considered the most decisive Federal sue
cess achieved during the war, and the news has
been received at the North with the liveliest
satisfaction. The first dispatch that came to
hand stated that the fort was stnrmed on Friday
last, but later intelligence indicates that the
works captured was one of three small batteries
erected short distance from the main fnrtiica-
ton, the one taken being situated on the right
OF the Crnfederate lines commanding the river
and receiving the attack Of both the land and
naval forces of the besiegers Five of the Fed
eral gunboats were disabled and withdrawn
Fifty-four were killed and wounded on board
the gunboats, and among the latter was Com
Foote. Two Federal colonies were killed and
two wounded. The contest on Friday and Sa-
turday is said to have been desperate.
| GAINESVILLE situated on the Cumberland river
about thirty miles from Fort Dunelsor is to ,ot
the next point Of attack Com. Fn.,te has al
ready sent eight mortar Goats up the river tr
That point 1t is Stated that the Confederate.
have constructed extensive Notifications there
and have mounted them with guns of the heav
est Galore. GAINESVILLE is an important strate
zeal point, as it is there where the railroad
crosses the Cumberland, and if taken the com
munication of the Confrderates of West Teunes
STE with Nashville will be cut off 1t is proba
b e that portion, if not ALL of the Confelerat,
army lately occupying Bowling Green. Ky. i.
moving on this place to reinforce it. The dis
lance is sixty miles, with direct railroad COM
munication.
1t is believed that the divisions of the Fedora
army in Kentucky under Generals McCook anf
Thomas. moved in the direction of the Cumber
land river on Saturday and Sunday, and Gen
Buell., it is understood, will assume command il
person, having under him an army of eighty
thousand men, Ten Thousand troops were or.
dered yesterday to the Cumberland from tn.
Ohio camps.
I We give in another column an account of the
combined land and naval attack upon the Con.
federates on Roanoke Island, as furnished by
the agent of the associated press. There art
several accounts published all Of which agree
| that the Confederates have met with severe
defeat; but in respect to the force of Confede-
| there appears to be a wide diversity Of opinion
Commodore Goldsborough, in his official dis
patches, estimates it as scarcely less than five
thousand, whilst the Richmond Enquirer states
| that the total force was "less than twenty five
hundred men," AS there are said to have been
some two thousand taken prisoners of war ac-
cording to General Burnsde's dispatch, and as
| it is supposed that some two hundred made Their
escape from the Island before the surrender took
place, it may be safely concluded that the actual
number did not exceed twenty -6ye hundred men
The Federal gunboats now hold nndjspnted com;
paand OF The NORTH Carolina SOUNDS, and, to
some extent, of the nayigable rivers that empty
into them. What General Burnside will be able
to accomplish when he leaves the gunboats be-
hind hin, and takes up his line of march inland
remains yet to be seen.
The latest intelligence received from the Burn
side expedition is through Southern sources, and
reports the occupation of the towns of Edenton,
Hartford, Coleraine and Plymouth, North Caro-
lina
Late advices from Port Royal state that the
Federal forces operating against Savannah have
succeeded in completely cutting off all commune
cation with Fort Pulaski, and in destroying the
pipes by which Savannah was supplied with
water. Eight thousand troops were to have
been landed on Monday morning last. Heavy
renforcements of troops have reached Port Roy
al within the last month, together with large
quantity of the heaviest ordnance in use in the
army Twelve regiments of infantry and three
of cavalry were under orders to proceed in two
different directions for the purpose of obtaining
possession of the railroad and marching thence
to Charleston.
Parties who came down from Norfolk to Old
Point on Sunday not only reported the surren-
der of Fort Donelson, but also stated that fight
ing had been going on near Savannah, and that
the city had probably been captured by the
Federal forces. The former report has already
been confirmed, the latter needs confirmation.
Gen. Halleck has issued an order requiring
all persons in Missouri who have aided the Con-
federates, either in word or deed, to be arrested
and held subject to his order. At the request
Of the acting Governor of Missouri, it is also
ordered that at all future elections held in the
State every voter shall be required to take the
oath of allegiance.
A dispatch received in Washington from Gen.
Lander states that reconnaissance in force was
made from near Pawpaw Ridge, Va, on Thurs
day night, surprising Confederate camp at
Blooming Gap, and capturing seventy-fve pri-
soners, among them seventeen commissioned
officers. Thirteen Confederates were killed in
the skirmsh at the camp. The railroad aud
telegraph were opened to Hancock ON Friday
Dispatches from Gen. Curtis state that the
rear guard of Gen. Prices army, in its retreat
from Sprin6eld, was overtaken, and after maxi
ing brief stand, was defeated, and a large mum:
Der of prisoners taken.
Later dispatches in reference to the recapture
ofSprngfield by the Federal troops state thai