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The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Burnside Expedition. (search)
ks. clothing. In fact, as a contraband deserter from the Legion at Elizabeth City told me, "ever since that fight in Western Virginia, in which we lost five hundred men, we have been running all the time, and now they will never stop until they get to Richmond" I completed the rebel works by sinking five schooners in the mouth of the canal and burning all that remained above water. The work completed, I returned to this anchorage. My thanks are due to Acting Master Graves, and Assistant Engineer Ley, Acting Chief of the Louisiana, for the complete manner in which my directions were carried out. Respectfully submitted, W. M. N Jeffers, Lieutenant Commanding. Lieutenant Commanding A. Maury, Senior Officer commanding the Expedition. Joint Proclamation. The following proclamation from Com. Goldsborough and Gen. Burnside "to the people of North Carolina," savors of the usual amount of Puritan cant and inflated patriotism: Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 18.--The miss