The Holt County sentinel., 1911-10-06

nNEnAL ~ =. nILRoY, y. Q. A., LRADRN
" the ATTACK At 0RERkBRlk6 RIVER
ted BY Lee to capture western Virginia
aroused the warmess praise at Rich.
m0nd. Yet II ended In little bette,
than q nnsco. The inevitable eoncIu.
sion 10 THAT either Lee was Outgenes
aled BY itosecrans or he was constitu.
tionally unable to make q winning
nSht 10 Union territory. Perhaps the
last h the true explanation. a. he ios,
every time tie ventured outside of
Virginia. First he failed In western Viz
ginia. next In Maryland Mt the battle
OF Antietam and finally In Peuusyl.
vnnia at Gettysburg. As great a gen.
eral as even his enemies cOncede Lee
to have been. he was not great enough
, to win q campaign In territory where
public sentiment was against him. On
the other hand. Grnnt gained practi.
cally oil his victories In the enemy's
country. II lisa truism In war that
men light better on their own soil,
when defending their homes. On the
defensive Lees generalship was mas.
terly. When he invaded Union terri.
tory he wns undOne. While his West
Virginia campaign II the least known
OF his entire military career. there 10
none that more clearly brings out this
point Even his own partisana admit
Its weakness. Magnincentiy 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 part OF the Ninth New
York and several gunb0ats 10 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 OcracOke inlet. a few miles down
the shore. and later sent Colonel
Brown and the Twentieth lndinna up
Hatteras island to Ch!comicomico for
the double purpose OF protecting the In.
hnbitants OF the island ana OF observ.
Ing the COnfederates, who were gath.
ering In some force on Roanoke island
TO the north. Colonel Brown landed
on Sept. 10 with scnnt supplies. On
Oct the Fanny. United States pro.
pelier. was to land stores ana intrench,
ing tools. No sooner had the Fanny
anchored. however. than three Con-
federate vessels appeared. surrounded
ana captured her, II was estimated
that she had SI5O.OOO 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.
petition. but was not the worst Of the
fate In store for him. The Confeder.
ates on Roanoke island now attempted
10 surround and capture his entire
command 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
the boats below were delayed In land.
Ing. and as night was coming on Colo
pei Brown managed TO retreat past
them In the darkness Now begnn q
weary march Of twenty.eight miles to
Hatterns light. To add to the miseries
OF the retreat. the inha bitan ts ahan.
dOned their homes and fed with the
troops, who had been their protectors.
among them being old men. women
and children, When the sun arose and
beat down ON the hot sands both sol.
diers and natives began falling os,t
overcome by the heat ana by hunger
snd thirst. The supply OF food ana