NEW YORK, March 12. – An Elizabeth City letter of March 4th
to the Tribune says General Bragg with his forces numbering 7,000 arrived at Norfolk
yesterday from Pensacola, which he evacuated after destroying the
fortifications, guns, &c.
It is also said the rebels are calling all their spare
forces into Norfolk, that they may be ready for any emergency. The force at New Bern and other points in
this State, numbering 20,000 or 30,000 drafted soldiers, together with the
Rebel forces at Richmond and other points between Richmond and Norfolk, will,
it is thought be thrown in the rear of the Union force attacking Norfolk from
this direction. Therefore the last grand
battle of the campaign may be fought in this struggle to save Norfolk should
the city be attacked.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 3
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