. . . the victory of Roanoke Island, to be the possession of the Island and the control of all the inland waters of North Carolina, and of the Southern approach to Norfolk, the capture of six forts and batteries and the destruction of the seventh. The capture of 34 heavy cannon, 2,527 prisoners, 3,500 stand of arms, 75 tons of ammunition, superior Winter quarters for over five thousand men, and the entire destruction of the rebel fleet. This was one at the expense of 50 men killed and 222 wounded on our side.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 1, 1862, p. 2
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