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The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], The invasion of North Carolina. (search)
g, besides "munitions of war," 5,000 sacks of salt. September 2d, 1861. I learn from one of the citizens who went down on the steamer with the flag of truce, that the Federal commander asked our party how many killed and wounded they had carried off. Our spokesman replied, "one." "You are a liar," replied the Yankee, Showing that they disbelieved the fact that after nearly twenty-four hours bombardment so few should have been killed out of about 580 men who occupied the fort. Commodore Barron, who arrived at Newbern on Tuesday to take command of the fort, went down immediately on his reaching here, with what little ammunition he could get, got to the fort safe, went to a gun, but saw how useless it was to prolong the conflict under such immense disadvantage, and was taken prisoner. Intelligence from the coast this morning is that the entire fleet, seventeen ships-of the line, had left the coast. Some of their gunboats are now inside the bar, and have complete away of t