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The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], The siege of Washington, N. C. (search)
ook a Southerly direction, as did also the wooden vessels of the squadron, and by the time these notes are read will probably be safely anchored at Port Royal. The Ironsides was towed to her present anchorage, and one of the Monitors was in the same manner conveyed from her moorings. Whether this argues an inability to move of their own accord is a matter of doubt. Twenty-four transports, supposed to be loaded with troops, have led the Stono, and the enemy are reported to be evacuating Folly Island. The latter rumor should be received with caution. With reference to the injury inflicted on the Monitors during the late battle, (excepting, of course the sunken Keokuk,) there is no definite information, save what has been obtained from a prisoner captured on Little Folly Island Friday night, by Lieut. Col. Dargan, of the 21st South Carolina regiment, and a squad of men. The name of the prisoner is John McDonald, and his regiment the 100th New York. Although an intelligent m