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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)
, at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay. it should have been defended, he said, at the expense of Twenty thousand men, and many millions of dollars. the conquest was complete, and Burnside, taking up his quarters at a house near Fort Bartow, prepared at once for other aggressive movements on Burnside's Headquarters. the coast. In his report, he generously said, I owe every thing to Generals Foster, Reno, and Parke, and sadly gave the names of Colonel Charles S. Russell and Lieutenant-Colonel Vigeur de Monteuil the entire National loss in the capture of Roanoke was about 50 killed and 222 wounded. That of the Confederates, according to Pollard (i. 231), was 28 killed, 58 wounded, and 62 missing. Colonel Monteuil was the Commander of a regiment of New York Volunteers, known as the D'epineuil Zouaves. These had accompanied the expedition as far as Hatteras, when, for the want of transportation, they were sent back to Fortress Monroe. Their Lieutenant-Colonel remained with the arm