The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-13

| GENERAL r. H. MILRoY, U. S. A., LEADER
OF THE ATTACK AT GREENBRIER RIVER.
ted by Lee to capture western Virginia
aroused the warmeSt praise at Rich
mond. Yet it ended in little better
than a fiasco. The inevitable conclu-
sion is that either Lee was outgener-
aled by Rosecrans or he was constitu-
donally unable to make q winning
fight in Union territory. Perhaps the
last is the true explanation, as he lost
every time he ventured outside of
Virginia. First he failed in western Vir-
ginia, next in Maryland at the battle
of Antietam and finally in Pennsyl-
vania at Gettysburg. AS great a gen.
eral as even his enemies cOncede Lee
to have been, he was not great enough
to win a campaign in territory where
public sentiment was against him. On
the other hand, Grant gained practi-
cally all his victories in the enemy's
country. 1t is q truism in war that
men fight better on their own soil,
when defending their homes. On the
defensive Lees generalship was mas
terly. When he invaded Union terri
tory he was undone. While his West
Virginia campaign is the least known
of his entire military career, there is
none that more clearly brings out this
point. Even his. own partisans admit
its weakness. Magnificently planned,
its breakdown was almost pitiful.
Fight on Hatteras Island.
In the meantime things were hap
pening in the vicinity of Hatteras In
let. After the capture of the forts
there on Aug. % Colonel Hawkins
was left with a part OF the Ninth New
York and several gunboats to hold
them. Later he was REINFORCED by
Colonel Brown with the Twentieth
Indiana. He first dispatched an expe-
dition to disable the abandoned forts
at Ocracolle inlet, a few miles down
the shore, and later sent Colonel
Brown and the Twentieth Indiana up
Hatteras island to ChicomicOmicO for |
the double purpose Of protecting the in |
habitants of the island and Of ObseFv- |
ing the Confederates, who were gath
ering in some force on Roanoke island |
to the north. Colonel Brown landed |
on Sept 80 with scant supplies. On |
Oct. 1 the Fanny, United States pro-
Deller was to land stores and intrench-
ing tools. No sooner had the Fanny
anchored, however, than three Con-
federate vessels appeared, surrounded
and captured her. 1t was estimated
that she had $15O,000 worth of supplies
on board, all of which fell into the
enemy's hands. This of itself defeat
ed the purpose of Colonel Browns eX
Dedition, but was not the worst of the
fate in store for him. The Confeder
ates on Roanoke island now attempted
to surround and capture his entire
and for this purpose landed
two large forces, one above and one
below him on the narrow island. The
only thing that saved him was that
.he boats below were delayed in land
ng, and as night was coming on Colo
lel Brown managed to retreat past
hem in the darkness. Now began
weary march of twenty miles to
Hafteras light To add to the miserles
" the retreat, the inhabitants aban-
lDned their homes and fed with the
.rOOps, who had been their protectors,
lmong them being old men, women
md children. When the sun arose and
leat down on the hot sands both sol
Hers and natives began falling out
overcome by the heat and by hunger
ind thirst The supply Of food and
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