WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. – Official dispatches from Com.
Goldsborough, dated Jan. 26th, arrived this morning. Seventeen of the naval vessels were at that
time in the Sound over and beyond the bulkhead under immediate command of
Commodore Rowan in full readiness for operations. General Burnside was preparing his forces to
move in connection with the fleet.
Commodore Goldsborough says things now look hopeful, and I sincerely trust
we shall be soon at the enemy. Any
decided approach now to this quarter on that part of the Rebels with all the
force they can muster would certainly result in their speedy capture and
destruction.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 2
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