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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
Battle of Roanoke Island. （our own Correspondent.） Richmond, Feb. 26, 1862. In commencing a slight account of the capture of Roanoke Island, with the forces there, I wish to say that, so far as my opinion goes, the place was entirely indefensible, without the aid of a naval force strong enough to cope with the Federal guof more than two to one in favor of going by them without serious injury. Taking all things into consideration, I believe that, had no force been landed upon Roanoke Island, it must have fallen inevitably in the course of a few days by cutting off communication with the main land. It is evident to any one who will study the posiis statement more fully, and will endeavor to convince every one that, with the present resources of the Confederacy, it is impossible to hold such a point as Roanoke Island, where a large hostile fleet can be brought, into action. On the 6th of February, Commodore Lynch received intimation that Burnside's fleet was slowly fe
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Battle of Roanoke Island. (search)
e village. This, without doubts, shows that the rebels retreated in great haste, the capture of such places efforts Donelson and Henry giving them but little confidence in their defences at Clarksville. All the fortifications on either side of the Red river were destroyed and taken possession of by the Union troops. Russellville, on the railroad leading from Bowling Green in Clarksville, has also been taken possession of by our forces. Last moments of Capt. Wise. A letter from Roanoke Island, published in the New York Herald, gives the following report of a conversation which a Federal officer held with Capt. O. Jennings Wise in his dying moments: While referring to the officers it may be interesting to relate the particulars of an interview which took place between O. Jennings wise and May Kimball, of the 9th New York volunteers, who, it will be remembered, so gallantly led the charge of that regiment in the taking of the rebel batteries. The former, after his capture
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Sent on. (search)
Federal losses at Roanoke Island. --The Northern papers publish an "official" list of their killed and wounded at Roanoke Island, which foots up as follows. Killed outright' 50; wounded, 222. We are assured, however, that this is considerably below the actual mark, which we can well believe, since we have had abundant instances to show that the Yankee leaders have the extraordinary faculty of concealing the amount of their losses from the world. In speaking of the Confederate loss, the Roanoke Island, which foots up as follows. Killed outright' 50; wounded, 222. We are assured, however, that this is considerably below the actual mark, which we can well believe, since we have had abundant instances to show that the Yankee leaders have the extraordinary faculty of concealing the amount of their losses from the world. In speaking of the Confederate loss, the Northern papers make this incautious admission: "The arms, on taking an inventory, counted up 8,500. They are assorted and, to a great extent, of an inferior kind — though, it must be confessed, they need pretty effectively used."