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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
e were soon dispersed by a, storm of shells from the gun-boats. Meanwhile the Confederate flotilla had returned to the attack, and, after an engagement for bout an hour. Had been compelled again to retire, considerably damaged. at midnight, Feb. 7-8, 1862. in the midst of a cold rain-storm, eleven thousand troops were safely put on shore. the water was so shallow that the launches and other small boats could not get very near the shore, and the soldiers were compelled to wade several hut known as the battle of Roanoke. Report of General Burnside to General McClellan, Feb'y 10th, 1862; of Generals Foster, Reno, and Parke; of Commodore Goldsborough to Secretary Welles, Feb'y 9th, 1862; of Commander Lynch to R. S. Mallory, Feb'y 7th, 1862; and accounts by other officers and eye-witnesses on both sides. it disappointed the prophets of evil at home and abroad, and spread consternation throughout the Confederacy. There, on Roanoke Island, where the first germ of a privileged ar