...at might attempt to remove the double row of piles beyond which the eight Confederate vessels were placed. It was stated in a post return, made ten days previous to the attack, that the defence for Roanoke Island was forty 32-pounders, seven rifled guns, and five days ammunition. The naval casualties, including the howitzer battery of six guns operating with the army, were 6 killed, 17 wounded, and 2 miss...