WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. – A dispatch boat from Gen. Burnside’s Expedition has just arrived at Baltimore.
The official report of Gen. Burnside is now on its way to the War Department.
The Federal Losses at the battle of Roanoke Island were 50 killed and 222 wounded. The rebel loss was 13 killed and 89 wounded. The enemy were protected by their entrenchments and poured a destructive fire upon our advance columns, so that our loss is the heaviest.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 22, 1862, p. 3
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