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The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
s vessel was boarded by an overpowering number of the enemy. The officers captured by the enemy were, Captain Cooke, James Peters, J. Hanks, J. J. Henderson, James W. McCarrick, R. W. G. Livingston, and Mr. Wombsley--the first and last named of the Ellis, and the rest of the Sea Bird. Drs Greenhow and Jones were also captured, both being attached to the Sea Bird. As far as ascertained, only three were wounded in the fight at Roanoke Island, viz: Master Odanlg Hoole, skull fractured; Midshipman Conner, arm shot off; and the wheelsman of the Curlew, as before stated, arm broken. In the second fight, the killed on our side amounted to five--three on board the Sea Bird and two on the Ellis. Six or seven were severely wounded. Among the killed was midshipman Jackson. Nobly did this young man perform his allotted part in the engagement; and when the order to escape was given, he jumped over board and was making his way to the mainland, when he was struck by a shell, from the effe