FORT MONROE, March 23,
via BALTIMORE, March 24.
The steamer Chancellor, Livingston, arrived from Hatteras last night.
Immediately after the evacuation of Newberne an expedition to Beaufort was started by Gen. Burnside. The place was, however evacuated before our troops approached.
Fort Macon was blown up by the rebels.
The steamer Nashville burnt on the day Gen. Burnside occupied Newberne.
1,600 troops were on the road between Goldsboro and Newberne.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, March 25, 1862, p. 1
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