Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-10
lErEREsTIEa SOUTHERN NEWS.

From The Richmond EnqxirsT Of NoVmlbeT 3.
| A special despatch from near Plymouth, via Rocky
Mount North Carolina dated on the 3lst ultnc, says
Asr three days hard fighting the enemy passed up MID
die river and csms down the Roanoke this morning Gen
Baker commander of the garrison fought untirtne emo
mys gunbosta had forts and dsmaned ell our
guns N the harbor An evacuation was then ordered IN
der shelling, which was effected without mucn
loss Colonel Whitfod acted with conspicuous bravery
As Middle river does not appear on the ordinary maps
and there may appear to be something of paradox 10 ne
statement that gunboats up river and came Gown
another proper that there arc three channels
in the Roanoke a this point separated by strips o. aha
extending above Plymouth the main channel passing W
that place Vessels ascending the middle channel would
emerge above Plymouth aud thus be enabled TO descend
in the of the place Meantime whore was inc ALDO
marie
From the Richmond Dispatch of Novsmbsr g.
The enemy have appears, retalen Plymouth (Norlh
Carolna) 1t will be remembered that TINS place was
stormed last summer by Con Hoke at tne mead Oh ns
brigade and that, reward for his gaanry ne was
promoted to the rank of General n the PROVISIONAL
army The enemy AFTER three days hard hghtipg passed
up Middle river and on the 3lst came down the hos9oke
towards the forts Our troops in the two ortsone above
and the other below Plymouth, on the hoanoke-were
commanded by Gen. Baker who fought until the upper
fort had been passed and the lower one rendered useless o
the dsmountng of all the guns We then evacuated the
place under heavy Smelling from the enemys gunboats Our
loss slight Plymouth is place OF comparatively
little Importance TO u.s. except check to the enemys
punboat into the interior Of the State OF North
Carolina.
From The Richmond Examiner Of Eouember3
There unofficial report that the small Confederate
force under Col Baker has evacuated Plymouth without
loss Of artillery stores aud that the Yankees have taken
possession of the abandoned town. Plymouth is small
place on Albemsre Sound To take it from the Yankees
last spring nearly lost Drurys Bluff Its capture was
one Of the chief glores of Gen. Bragga reign. BY the
way is not Gen. Bragg n command some where on
| the coast of North Carolina?
| From the Richmond Dispatch Of Nopsmber 4.
The capture of Plymouth IN. Co. by the enemy is ex
planned by later accounts lack of sufficient watchful
part troops to have been the prime
of the loss of the town. 1t that Thursday
night party of eighteen belonging to the bockadng
feet in Abemarle Sound, eight ten miles from
Plymouth took small torpedo boat and started for Ply
mouth On the way they lound small boat containing
of the stationed there picket guard
but all of them being asleep they were taken prisoners
Then proceeding Plymouth they found the Albemare at
wharf, and running the torpedo boat under her amid
ship blew her up, causing damage from which she soon
sunk Infantry stationed the wharf who fired on
the assauting party and after the Abemarle sunk cap
tured the whole of them but killed, and only
one man wounded. There force of the enemy
Plymouth with the exception of five or six guhboats in
sound the loss of the Abemare opened the Roam
oke to them and hence the fall Of the town. 1t is under
stood that there lives lost the Abemarle and
there very few aboard at tho time OF the eIplo
son of the torpedo.