. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . renchment in the cen-tre of the island, about five miles distantfrom Ashbys Harbor, the place of dis-embarkation. General Foster assumingthe general command as next in rank toGeneral Burnside, who remained at thelanding, led the advance, and was fol-lowed by the main body, under the com-mand of Generals Reno and Parke. At eight oclock in the morning. Gen-eral Foster reached the enemys posi-tion, which had been well chosen, on apiece o
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . renchment in the cen-tre of the island, about five miles distantfrom Ashbys Harbor, the place of dis-embarkation. General Foster assumingthe general command as next in rank toGeneral Burnside, who remained at thelanding, led the advance, and was fol-lowed by the main body, under the com-mand of Generals Reno and Parke. At eight oclock in the morning. Gen-eral Foster reached the enemys posi-tion, which had been well chosen, on apiece of ground flanked on either sideby a morass. A narrow causeway wasthe only approach to then- works, andthis they had protected by an earth-workmounting three guns, while within theintrenchments there was mustered aforce of some two or three thousand men. General Foster having placed his artil-lery—which consisted of six or eightmortars from the naval launches—infront, opened fire, which was followedby a discharge from the infantry in sup-port. The enemy responded briskly,but in spite of their heavy fire and pro-tected position. General Foster continued. @ i IS CAPTURE OF ROANOKE ISLAND. 65 to move forward steadily. As GeneralsReno and Parke came up with their re-spective divisions, they made a detourto the right and left of the enemy withthe view of flanking them. The wholeforce was now steadily closing in uponthe intrenchments, when, at twelveoclock. General Foster ordered ColonelHawkins, with his New York Zouavesand the Tenth Connecticut Regiment,to charge with bayonets upon the bat-tery which commanded the simultaneous movement was made onthe right and left, and the enemy thussurrounded were driven fi-om their gunsback into the intrenchments. The chargeof the New York and Connecticut menwas gallantly made. They pressed for-ward with a loud shout, and, in theireagerness, crowding over the narrowcauseway, leaped into the morass knee-deep in mud and water, and pus
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