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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
my, and that the more men there were upon the island the sooner must it have capitulated. In a subsequent letter, I will give my reasons for this statement more fully, and will endeavor to convince every one that, with the present resources of the Confederacy, it is impossible to hold such a point as Roanoke Island, where a large hostile fleet can be brought, into action. On the 6th of February, Commodore Lynch received intimation that Burnside's fleet was slowly feeling its way up Pamlico Sound.--He at once sent the Curlew down to make a reconnaissance, and Capt. Hunter reported the fleet at anchor some six miles below the island. The evening was cloudy, misty, and very dark. Judging that the fleet would advance immediately upon the approach of clear weather, Commodore Lynch sent word to Col. Shaw, the commander of the island, to be ready for an engagement, on the morrow. The next morning, also, was dark and misty, but our fleet was drawn up in line of battle, the flag-ship
The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
ore to communicate the fact to Col. Shaw, but received no reply. As dark as the night was, the boats made their way up the channel towards Elizabeth City where a final stand was to be made. The command of Commodore Lynch was upon Albemarle and Pamlico founds, and he therefore felt bound to fight there as long as possible, to assist in the defence of Elizabeth City, and then to blow or burn up his vessels if overpowered and liable to be captured.--By running through the canal to Norfolk all th at the same time slowly skirmishing to the rear towards the battery.--They then took their places on the extreme right and commenced a rapid fire. A few words as to the topography of the field. Roanoke Island lies between Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, about fifty miles from Hatteras, and is separated from the mainland by Croatan Sound. Stretching along the coast of North Carolina is a harrow strip of sandy land, varying from half a mile to one and two miles in width. The farthest projec
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
oyed the bridges across the Blackwater and Nottoway rivers, cutting off communication between Norfolk and Richmond and the Southern seaboard. The Northern papers publish Commodore Goldsborough's official reports of the visits of the Federal vessels to Edenton and the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, for which we have not room this morning. They also publish a list of the officers of the Confederate Navy, alleged to have been found with the captured articles on Com. Lynch's fleet, in Pamlico Sound. Summary of news. We condense the following from the Baltimore American, of Friday last: The Secretary of War has appointed Major-General Dix and, Hon. Edwards Perrepont, of New York, Special Commissioners, to examine into the cases of the political prison, are still remaining in military custody, and to determine whether, in view of the public safety and the existing rebellion, they should be discharged, remain in military custody, or be remitted to the civil tribunals for
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Burnside Expedition. (search)
ally established, your institutions of any kind whatever, your property of any sort, or your usages in any respect. L. M. Goldsborough, Flag-Officer Com'g N. C. Block. Squad, A. E. Burnside, Brig.-Gen. Com'g Department N. C. Report of Com. Lynch, of the C. S. Navy. The Federal Navy Department has received from Com. Goldsborough the order books, signal books, letters books, and copies of official dispatches of Com. Lynch, commander of the Confederate fleer in Pamlico Sound, and the Yankee newspapers are publishing everything they can lay their thievish hands upon, even to private letters and other matters of no possible interest to the public. The following is Com. Lynch's report of the engagement at Roanoke island: Flag-Ship Sha-Bish, off Roanoke island, Feb. 7, 1862.--Mr. I have the honor to report that the enemy, at 10 A. M. to with twenty-two heavy steamers and one tug, made an attack upon this squadron and the battery at Pork Point. As his
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], Yankee Falsehood. (search)
ee Falsehood. The following communication, which was sent us yesterday, is from one who has every means of knowing the facts of the case. It effectually gives the lie to the statements of Burnside regarding the capture of important papers from our fleet during the battle of Roanoke: Editors of Richmond Dispatch:--The statement of the enemy that he captured "the order books signal books, letter books, and coples of official dispatches of the commander of the Confederats fleet in Pamlico Sound," is as near correct as his assertion that he took all, save one, of the vessels composing that squadron. As one who held an official position on board of the Sea Bird, and cognizant of all the circumstances, I feel bound to contradict the falsehood. The Ellis, except the Forrest, the most in different gunbrat, is the only one of which the enemy retains possession. The sea Bird was sunk, the Fanny and the Forrest burnt, and the Appomattox, Beaufort and Raleigh escaped. It
The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], Butler in North Carolina. (search)
ng else in order to get his request through the proper channels. I merely mention this in order to show to what impositions the people in the enemy's lines are subjected. General Order No. 49 is stuck up on the trees at the inner trading stand. In addition to what I have before mentioned is an order to "all persons between the ages of 18 and 45, both white and black," to report to the commanding General without delay. Another order makes it incumbent upon all persons to encourage the blacks to enlist in the service of the United States. This has been the order of things up to the present time; what it will be after the 19th January, God alone can tell. This section of country might have been easily defended, and would have amply repaid the Government for its defence. Before the fall of Roanoke Island the counties lying on the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds furnished nearly all of the provisions consumed by the Army of Virginia; now they serve to feed an army of our invaders.
The Daily Dispatch: April 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], Capture of Plymouth, N. C.--Twenty-five hundred prisoners and thirty pieces of artillery taken. (search)
d be as much terrified by her appearance among them as would be a school of fat, delicate panfish on discovering a shark in their midst busily engaged in gulping them down. Newbern, on the Neuse river, near the point of its entrance into Pamlico Sound, is by land nearly due south of Plymouth, and about sixty miles distant from it. The waster communication between the two places, through the two sounds, is quite circuitous, and must be near one hundred and fifty miles long. Washington, on Tar river, another stream that loses itself in Pamlico, is directly on the land route from Plymouth to Newbern, and half way between them. --There the Yankees are posted, it is supposed, with some show of strength. With Plymouth taken, and a gunboat on her errand in the sound, Washington would become very unhealthy for them. But we will not anticipate. If the events to follow the capture of Plymouth are indeed to be important, the fact will soon be known. But whether they are or are not
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