WASHINGTON, May 28 – Gen. McClellan Telegraphs the Secretary of War that the battle of Hanover Courthouse resulted in the complete rout of the enemy. It is stated that we have taken 500 prisoners. The loss of the enemy is set down at 1,000. Our men buried 100 of their dead. Our loss is 375 in killed, wounded and missing of which 58 were killed. The forces opposed to us were principally North Carolina and Georgia. Prisoners from North Carolina say they are very tired of war and that their defeat will have a very demoralizing effect on the rebel army.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 3
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