Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-04-28
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We have the pleasure OF communicating readers
the gratifying intelligence that combined land and water
attack made this week the Yankees at Plymouth
in .hs State by forces under General HCKE and Com
mapder Cook been completely SUGGESTING resulting in
the capture the place with its garrison 80 pieces of
tlery stores and gu :pts 81 all kinds Two Yankee gun
boats sunk aud ANAL steamer captured The
number OF prisoners thousand five hundred e 500
The place taken by storm
The Yankee troops a. plymouth were uBder the
mand of Btigadier Gene 81 VESSELS Old army icer,
aoog with his command, made prisoner He is about
now afflicted Vessel
We are without further particulars and state thu
amount of killed AID wounded uptn either SIDE Gus
have heard rttd il large bat for this have
ly report to DEEPER and give it for hat it be
worth. What have stated above ia certain
and beyond question We trust to obtain par
ticulsrs. We thnk there il mistake in the OF the
naval Commander. 1t to that it ought to be
WooD, not Cocks # will be recoleced that it Com
mander WooD who led the par tant boarded and took
heavy Yankee punboa under the protection of tina Yankee
batteries at NeWbern.
Plymouth il tba@County seat of Washington Comfy,
situated on the Roanoke River, eight miles from
where empts into Aban ao SOnnd. In 1850 its popu.
latop was S5l at the commencement Of the was
probably twelve thirteen hundred. must have been
pretty strongly fortified, is shown by the number IF
| cannon cap ured..
This liant exp of General HoKE and his brave
glorious renef TO gloomy cord previous
failures at NewbeIn and Washington. We do Dot like
ing criticisms upon military conduct but cannot help
expressing option that, had the late expedition
against Newben been under the mand of Gen. HoKE
had that talented and nteTp Using young leader been
permitted have his way that occaeicn Newbern
would have been We do hold this opinion with
out good
But let dwel upen past failures beacons
to guard us aea.nt future errors Let look to tie
present and rejoice at the ausicous opening of the
much to raa the spirits troops end depress
Yankeea 1t s tho first instance war
where have been able to retake from the Yankees
position accessib to their 2unboas We trust that will
last. HoKE, RANaoM kLMPGR ana hers, have
shown that it be done, may look many
brilliant repe tous.
If Mr.. EURNsIDE comes along with his army OF fifteen
thousand green Yankees ard many black negroes he
will fad III the ball has opened without Whiting for
presence and that be stays he will be compelled tread
measure with thoie who will be kilingly polite.
We would be glad at this early Civ Just
credit to all ho bore part thee apture of the Yankees
at Plymouth, but unable to do OF course we viii
take pleasure in giving and particulars when eet
them.
Amid the excitement Of such it is painful
that the most glorious cry clouded know
ledge That there long list of killed and wounded yet to
be made out 1t is the OF berty-a terrible price,
but one taat has always TO be pad.
P S.-Sirce writing the above have received a de-
patch from attentive frieLd4 Of the Gosboro State
Journal which unicates the facts with those
already stated and ADDS that reported tw hun.
dred and fifty. See telegraphjc column.