FORTRESS MONROE, April 5. – The Mobile Advertiser of the 4th
has a special message from Memphis stating the Buell’s army reached Savannah,
on the Tennessee river, and there had been brisk skirmishing, and great
activity on both sides for the great struggle.
MOBILE, April 4. – Wednesday a Yankee force of 2,000 strong
landed at Biloxi and cut the telegraph lines between Mobile and New Orleans.
There is authority from the War Department for saying that
dispatches from Fortress Monroe, dated 3 P. M. Sunday had been received.
A reconnoissance had been made towards Yorktown. The headquarters of our army are now about
five miles from Yorktown.
There had been some cannonading, but with out injury on either
side.
FORTRESS MONROE, April 5. – The latest intelligence received
of the Virginia, otherwise Merrimac, is dated Norfolk, last night. She was then coaling at the Navy Yard and was
expected to come out to-day. Capt.
Pegram is still mentioned as likely to command her.
The Yorktown, Jamestown and Teazer and four other gunboats
are at Norfolk.
A deserter who came in this morning reports the force on the
Peninsula not so large as supposed.
Magruder’s headquarters are at Lee’s Mills.
Three tugs arrived from Newberne Thursday, bringing little
news of interest.
Reports are current that Burnside has been ordered to
evacuate Newberne within six days, and he replied that he would not.
The rebels at Goldsboro’, Raleigh and fort Macon still hold
out. Extensive preparations are being
made for the reduction of the Fort. – A few shells had been already thrown at
it.
FT. MONROE, April 7. – Nothing has been done in front,
Yorktown except reconnoissance in that direction and some skirmishing.
A telegraph has been established at headquarters near
Yorktown.
The Spaulding came in this morning from Shippings
Point. The rebel works abandoned there
are quite formidable. The rebels took
off their guns. Shippings Point is about
eight miles from Yorktown, affording a fine base of operations.
A great crowd of Norfolk people assembled on the shore near
Sewall’s Point on Sunday, including men, women and children, all eagerly
engaged in watching the Yankees.
A Norfolk paper of this morning contains a dispatch from
Mobile, dated the 6th inst., announcing the reception of news from Corinth that
morning of a great battle – that the Confederates had taken Buell’s batteries,
and a large number of prisoners. It was
expected that the whole Federal army would be swept away. This is given as a specimen of the rebel mode
of keeping up the spirits of the people, and the courage of the army.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, p. 4
