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jSTE'WS DEPARTMENT 
I ( i: wen's blessings upon it? Its stars never shone 
With a luster so pure anil so warm; 
like a beacon's calm ray, pointing out the safe way, 
They gleam through this gathering storm. 
Their heart cheering light led our fathers aright 
Through all the dark perils they knew; 
The same magic glow shall lead us to the foe, 
And guide us to Victory, too!” 
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3, We toast our free and good - Iy land, The pen, the 6ong, the 
The wire, the steam, at man's com - mand That con - quer time and s 
ere turn'd to spade and plow. 
The blade we boar 
THE WAR’S PROGRESS. 
On the 5th Gen. Sigel received orders from Gen. 
Curtiss to join him at Pea Ridge, and on the 6th 
marched to Ilentonville, in obedience to those 
orders. Two battalions of Missouri infantry and a 
squadron ot cavalry formed the real* guard of the 
division. lie was determined not to desert a single 
wagon to the enemy, although by so doing he could 
have easily reached the main body. The enemy 
made his appearance with about four thousand cav¬ 
alry. at about ten in the morning, a few miles out of 
Bentonville, and immediately commenced the 
attack by a desperate charge. Sigel had with him 
nearly a thousand men. Two hundred infantry ho 
sent- forward to prevent being cut off, and with the 
remainder be received the whole of the vast army. 
Sigel ordered his men to stand firm and take good 
aim. The teams were put upon good pace, and the 
enemy came bounding along in several lines. The 
horsemen on (he flanks, and infantry in the rear, 
awaited thuir approach until within about two hun¬ 
dred yards, when they delivered a terrible volley of 
Minie balls into their ranks, which had the effect of 
throwing them into temporary confusion. In a few 
minutes the leaders, by dint of much shouting and 
gesticulation, succeeded in gelling them into some¬ 
thing like order. This time they came up to close 
quarters. The same volley, succeeded by a second 
and third, greeted them. The enemy’s cavalry 
closed all round the little band, notwithstanding 
that horses and riders were falling thick and fast 
before our steady fire. 
Some of the cavalry on the flank had succeeded 
in getting across Uie road so as to cut the train in 
two, and it was here that the enemy set up a shout 
of triumph, it was short, lived. In a minute more 
the bayonets of our men had done their work, leav¬ 
ing the enemy hundreds of dead and wounded. 
The enemy was driven off, broken and dismayed. 
Galled and maddened at the repulse, the enemy 
could be seen re-forming to renew the attack. The 
column was yet seven miles from the encampment 
A dispatch had been sent forward to Gen. Curtiss, 
explaining the position and asking for assistance. 
It was hardly possible that the messenger could 
have been captured. The enemy was advancing 
along the road and along the ridges inclosing the 
stream. At, about two o’clock the second attack 
was made, and desperately carried forward. The 
rebel horsemen spurred their horses right on to the 
irresistible bayonets, delivering their load of buck¬ 
shot, ami then brandishing their huge knives, which 
every one of them carried in place of sabers. 
They surrounded the rear guard a second time, 
and for a few minutes friend could hardly be distin¬ 
guished trom foe. The dense smoke enveloped the 
whole ot the combatants, so that for some time it, 
was doubtful whether any of our little baud sur¬ 
vived. The faithful Germans, like a league of 
brethren, never faltered for a moment. The bay¬ 
onets proved the invincibility of our troops against 
horsemen. The foe retired a secoud time, and for 
an hour they could not be induced to return by the 
most frantic efforts of their leaders. By this time 
the advance, which had been constantly skirmishing 
with the rebel cavalry, announced that re-enforce¬ 
ments were in sight, and the little cheer went up, 
which was re-echoed by the troops from the camp. 
A third and last attempt was made to capture the 
train. It also failed, and the enemy withdrew about 
half-past three. Gen. Sigel reached camp at half¬ 
past four, to receive the congratulations of the entire 
camp. 
T1IK UE15KLS MOVING TO THE ATTACK. 
The camp whence the rebels marched upon Gen. 
Curtiss, was situated on and near the Boston Moun¬ 
tains, about fifty miles from Pea Ridge. The rebel 
commander, Gen. Van Dorn, ordered the men to 
take lour days’ cooked rations on the morning of 
the 5th. and move forward to the encounter. As 
our camp near Sugar Creek was in its front a strong 
datura 1 position, and difficult of access on either 
flank, Gen. Van Dorn decided to make his attack iu 
our rear, thus cutting off our base of supply and 
re-enforcemcnt. The Union position was on the 
main road from Springfield to Fayetteville, and 
Gen. \ an Dorn, in marching northward, left that 
road near the latter town and turned to the west- 
v ard, passing through Bentonville and entering the 
main road again near the State boundary, about 
eight miles north of Sugar Creek. A small force 
was left to make a feint upon our front, and a con¬ 
siderable body of Indians, under Gen. Albert Pike, 
look position about two miles on our right, to divert 
attention from the main attack iu the rear. 
FACTS, SCENES, INCIDENTS, ETC. 
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praise to all al - low, We grate - ful take the fruits of earth, Which spring be - hind the plow. Hnr - rah for arms That 
The Grcjit Battle of Pea lli<lgc. 
Tin? first battle in Arkansas since the outbreak 
of the rebellion has terminated favorably to the 
Union army. After an engagement of fifteen hours, 
extending through the larger portion of two con¬ 
secutive days, the rebel forces havo been driven 
from the field, and the stars and stripes hoisted in 
triumph over the contested ground. Defeated and 
demoralized, the Confederate troops are in full 
retreat, and have been hotly pursued by our gallant 
army. 
ATTACK ON GEN. SIGET.’S RF.AR GUARD. 
hut or hall, In cho-rua join U3 now, We wait sue-cess, Our work to bless, And sing “God speed the plow,” “God speed the plow.” 
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good plow share, A trus - ty one wo know, The spade we drive, And so we thrive, And sing “God speed the plow,” “God speed the plow.’ 
till the farms, That bar- row, reap and sow, The hoe 
we hail, The rake aud flail, And sing “God speed the plow,” “God speed the plow.'' 
[From Asaph, a collection of Sacred and Secular Music, by Loweli, and William Mason.] 
was appearing on the hills and ridges near the junc¬ 
tion of the Bentonville and Springfield roads, and 
about four miles from camp. Gen. Curtis ordered 
Gen. Sigel, with his command, to proceed in that 
direction, and dislodge and disperse the enemy. 
About three miles from camp, Col. Osterhaus' divi¬ 
sion encountered what was supposed to be a small 
body of the rebels, posted in the edge of some tim¬ 
ber and brushwood, and brought throe guns to bear 
upon them. After a few rounds of shell, grape and 
canister, the artillery was ordered to cease firing, 
and the 3d Iowa Cavalry, which then accompanied 
Col. Osterhaus, moved forward to complete the 
clearance of the timber. The supposition that but 
low rebels were posted there proved erroneous, for 
the woods swarmed with such numbers that the 
charge was at once broken, and the Iowa Cavalry 
driven back in disorder. The rebels followed up 
the cavalry in its retreat, and, taking advantage of 
confusion, succeeded in capturing the three guns 
with which they had been shelled. Col. Osterhaus 
brought up his Indiana regiments, and by a rapid 
succession of volleys of musketry, followed by a 
bayonet charge, covered the ground with dead 
Texans and Indians, and brought back the guns 
lost but a few moments before. Gen. Sigel then 
came forward with the remainder of his command, 
and the force of rebels in the timber being strength¬ 
ened at the same time, a vigorous action commenced. 
The rebels brought their artillery iuto position, and 
a duel of heavy guns ensued, ending with the rebels 
abandoning their position. A running fight next 
transpired, and a vigorous pursuit was kept up for 
two or three, miles, the rebels fleeing towards the 
north, in order to form a junction with the force in 
our rear. 
batteries on an eminence about two hundred feet 
high sloping away to the north, but precipitous on 
the side in our front. Batteries and large bodies of 
infantry were posted at bis right base of this hill 
and at the edge of some timber to its left. Infantry 
and cavalry, with a few guns, were posted on his 
extreme left beyond the road, and to oppose these 
Col. Davis was sent to our extreme left. It was 
apparent that If we could dislodge the rebels from 
this hill the victory would be with our banners. 
With the skill of an expert, Gen. Sigel arranged his 
columns for the coming action. Ilia foremost line 
was drawn up in battle array, with infantry,cavalry 
and artillery all, in their proper positions. At a 
COLONEL 0AVIS ADVANCES TO THE ATTACK. 
About the time Gen. Sigel came up with the 
rebels, and commenced the action of the morning, a 
force, consisting of two or three regiments of 
Arkansas infantry and a light battery, appeared in 
front of Col. Davis’ position, evidently inviting 
attack. Col. Davis responded to their invitation to 
battle, and moved out for an encounter. A short 
but bloody contest, and the flight of the enemy by a 
circuitous route in the direction ot their main force 
in our rear, were the results of this movement. 
AT HEADQUARTERS. 
Around headquarters most of the commanders 
passed a sleepless night. Though there were but 
few words spoken, nearly every one felt that the 
following dawn would but usher in our defeat. 
Gen. Sigel brought his division into camp, where it 
was ready at call, and then calmly lay down to 
sleep. Col. Davis moved his command at midnight, 
and anxiously waited the coming light. The Cora- 
mander-in-Chief was hopeful, but fearful. Col. 
Dodge and Col. Vandever sent in for a fresh supply 
of ammunition, and about midnight visited the camp 
in person, to swallow a cup of coffee and return to 
the field. Ambulances were in constant motion, 
bringing the wounded to the hospitals prepared for 
their reception, and surgeons were active in reliev¬ 
ing the wants of the sufferers. 
APPEARANCE OF THE MEN. 
In the action of the day the Iowa regiments had 
suffered fearfully. Nearly two hundred each had 
been the loss of the Iowa Fourth and Ninth, and the 
latter bad not a single field officer fit for duty. Its 
Colonel was commanding a brigade, its Lieutenant- 
Colonel was made prisoner, and its .Major and 
Adjutant ware disabled and in the hospital. Still 
none of the men were despondent, but were all 
ready for the work of the morrow. 
THE SECOND DAY. 
Daybreak and sunrise at last. Not the bright, 
clear sun that rose over Austerlitz and cheered 
Napoleon to his great victory, but a dull, copper 
tinted globe, slowly pushing itself up through the 
murky cloud of cannon smoke that even the long 
hours of a winter night did not dispel. The heavens 
soon became overcast, as if the elements themselves 
foreshadowed an impending calamity. Every ear 
was open to catch the sound of the first dull boom 
of cannon, and every eye was watching for the first 
curling wreath of smolco that should usher in the 
contest of the 8th, 
THE LINES OF BATTLE. 
THE BATTLE ON T1IE FIRST DAY. 
_ At about, hall-past seven a scout arrived at head- 
Q-auers, reporting a strong force of the enemy 
posted on some hills and fields about three miles to 
. 10 " f-Mward. In a few moments a messenger came, 
m lrorn the north, (our rear,) statingthat the enemy 
The fortune of the day -was depending upon Gen. 
Sigel, and that officer calmlyj but carefully prepared 
his command for the conflict. Our whole force was 
concentrated to the north of our camp, and what, 
till then, bad been our rear became our trout. Col. 
Carr's division had been placed in the center, occu¬ 
pying the road a short distance on either side. The 
enemy during tho night had planted some of his 
REBEL STRENGTH WEAKENED. 
After sustaining a heavy cannonade for two hours 
and a halt; the rebels showed signs of a desire to 
leave the ground. Their batteries wore withdrawn 
from the hill and their infantry was fast melting 
away, large numbers of them, ns we since learn, 
fleeing in terror at the fearful tire under which they 
bad stood. The Eighteenth and Twenty-second 
Indiana regiments were ordered to charge, and did 
so in gallant style; but the rebels were too quick 
for the movement to succeed in taking the guns. 
Their infantry fled in disorder, and their artillery¬ 
men had barely opportunity to attach their horses 
to the guns aud move them from the field. It was 
useless to pursue with cavalry, the country being 
too densely wooded to admit of using this arm of 
the service. The entire line moved forward to the 
support of the Indiana regiments, and up and down 
its entire length the air resounded with cheer upon 
cheer from our exultant troops. The enemy had 
been driven from his stronghold, and the victory 
was upon our banners. 
THE REBELS’ FLIGUT AND FEDERAL PURSUIT. 
Gen. Sigel went in pursuit of the fleeing rebels, 
following their main body for twelve miles and cap¬ 
turing a considerable quantity of wagons, supplies, 
Ac., several ammunition wagons, a load of powder, 
and nearly a thousand stand of arms. They fled too 
vapidly to permit of a capture of the entire force, 
and on the morning of the .9th, Gen. Sigel’s division 
returned to camp. A portion of the rebels fled to 
the eastward, telling timber across the road to pre¬ 
vent pursuit. Another portion turned to the west¬ 
ward, fleeing by tho way of Bentonville towards 
the sunny South. 
had been landed from the navy and our own vessels. 
By signals agreed upon, tho naval vessels, with the 
armed vessels of my force, were informed of our 
progress, and were thereby enabled to assist us 
much in our inarch by shelling the roftd in advance. 
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At daylight ou the morning of the 14th, I ordered 
an advance of the entire division, which will fie 
INDIAN ATROCITIES. 
•suitable distance in tho rear Ids reserves were 
placed, ready to he brought forward at any needed 
moment. A level, open field, of great extent, gave 
splendid opportunity for an imposing display. It 
had last been a cornfield, and the white and with¬ 
ered stalks were still on the ground. Throughout 
the morning skirmishing aud light encounters had 
transpired with the portion of the enemy opposed to 
our center and right, but on the left not a gun was 
fired until the whole of Gen. Sigel’s command was 
in readiness. 
OPENING OF THE GRAND BATTLE. 
At a little past 8 o’clock the decisive portion of 
the engagement commenced. Along the entire line 
the cannoneers stood to their guns, and at the word 
of command lire was opened. It was interesting to 
watch the movements of the artillerists in getting 
the range. Each gunner took a tree for his mark, 
and tried upon it the effect of his first shell. “ Too 
high,” was the remark of the captain. A turn of the 
elevating screw, a reload, and another shot followed. 
“ Still too high,” and a second turn of the screw 
was made previous to another shot. “ J ust 
right this time,” was tho commentary on the 
direction of the third projectile. For the future 
trees were not the objects aimed at. A brisk can¬ 
nonade was kept up for upwards of two hours, with 
occasional intervals of from five to fifteen minutes 
duration. Tho sharp booming of the six, twelve 
and eighteen pounders followed each other in rapid 
succession, and with such regularity that one could 
easily imagine (hat the huge dark object in that 
yellow field was an enormous organ on which a 
Mozart or a Verdi was executing one of his latest 
compositions. . , 
TAKING A BATTERY. 
The shot from the rebel batteries were well 
directed, but failed of execution equal to those from 
ours. Several guns were disabled and taken to the 
rear, and their places supplied by others. During 
tho cannonade Col. Carr's and Col. Davis’ divisions 
advanced slowly upon the enemy until they held 
the edge of timber where tho rebels had position in 
the morning. A bat tery of three guns in front of a 
wooded space on the left of the road at length 
became troublesome, and orders were issued for a 
bayonet charge to capture it. Just at this moment 
a gust of wind blew away the smoko from the front 
of tho rebels, revealing their exact position. The 
Twelith Missouri was designated for the honor ot 
taking the battery, and nobly acquitted themselves, 
advancing at the pas'de chqrgc under a terrible 
musketry lire, possessing themselves of the guns 
and holding them until their supports came up. 
Twelve of their men were killed in this charge and 
a large number wounded. Another gun was shortly 
after taken in the timber near by, and still another 
spiked piece on the extreme right of Davis’ division, 
The North will of course have heard of tho fact 
that the rebels had some 3,000 Indians under the 
command of Albert Pike. Also that some twenty 
of our men who full in the engagement under Col. 
Osterhaus, on Friday, and under Gen. Davis on 
Saturday, and had the misfortune to be left ou the 
field, were foully aud fiendishly scalped, murdered, 
and robbed by these red-skinned wretches. So far 
as tho fighting was concerned, they Indians were not 
to be taken into account. Notwithstanding the 
frantic excitement of Pike and others, the could not 
be made to stand the fire of our men for more than 
a single round. Our artillery sent them howling 
back as quick as they made their appearance in a 
body. It is related, and with some grounds, that 
these savages seized upon a quantity of whisky be¬ 
longing the Confederates on Friday, and becoming 
furiously drunk, began to fight among themselves. 
Tho Arkansans were called upon to quell the riot, 
when a promiscuous and bloody battle ensued 
among the Indians and Arkansans, in wliich several 
hundred must have been killed and wounded. The 
Indians, who have thus been so wickedly pressed 
into the service of the insurrection, became a scourge 
to their masters and a punishment to themselves. 
understood 1>y tlio inclosed pencil sketch. Gen. 
Foster’s brigade was ordered up the main country 
road to attack the enemy’s left; Gen. Reno up the 
railroad to attack their right, and Gen. Parke to 
follow Gen. Foster, and attack the enemy in front, 
with instructions to support either or both brigades. 
I must defer, for want of time, a detailed account 
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Of the action. If. is enough to say that, after an 
engagement of four hours, we succeeded in carrying 
a continuous line of fieldworks of over a mile in 
length, protected on the river bank by a battery of 
thirteen heavy guns, and on the opposite bank by a 
lino of redoubts of over half a mile in length for 
THE REBEL LOSS. 
There are no data as yet by which wo can estimate 
the loss of the enemy. Their dead and wounded on 
the ground were much more numerous than ours; 
at least one-half or two-thirds more. For ten miles 
on the road by which they retreated, the houses 
were full of wounded. The whole line of buildings 
on the route hence to Keetsville is one grand hospi¬ 
tal. Onr entire loss is estimated at little more than 
a thousand, of whom about one-fourth are killed. 
A flag of truce reports that Brig.-Gens. McIntosh, 
Slack and McBride were killed. By numerous pri¬ 
soners we have a report that Gen. McCulloch was 
also killed; but tho redoubtable ranger has been 
slaughtered on so many occasions and afterwards, 
like the first husband of poor Pillicoddy’s wife, 
turned up again, that we are all skeptical. Perhaps 
Benjamin has been M gathered to his fathers,” but 
nobody at present appears to sec it. 
AFTER TUB BATTLE. 
At present all is confusion with reference to the 
conflict and the various statistics inseparably con¬ 
nected with an engagement. "VVe hardly know what 
we have accomplished, whither the enemy have fled, 
what is the extent of his calamity, his present posi¬ 
tion, his strength, and his designs for the immediate 
future. Neither are we fully acquainted with our 
own condition. Our heaviest loss was on the first 
day, with Col. Carr's division. Our lines sustained 
but. little damage on tbe second day, notwithstand¬ 
ing tho heavy artillery fire under which they stood 
for two hours. 
riflemen and field pieces, in the midst of swamps 
and dense 1'qresUs which line of works was defended 
by eight regiments of infantry, five hundred cavalry, 
and three batteries of field artillery, of six guns 
each. The position was finally carried by a most 
gallant charge of our men, which enabled us to 
gain the rear of all the batteries between this point 
and Newborn, which was done by a rapid advance 
of the entire force up the maiu road and railroad, 
the naval fleet meantime pushing its way up the 
river, throwing their shots into the forts an'd in front 
Of us. The enemy, after retreating iu great confu¬ 
sion—throwing away blankets, knapsacks, arms, 
etc.—across the railroad bridge and country road, 
burned the former and destroyed the draw of the 
latter, thus preventing farther pursuit and causing 
detention in occupying the town 1>y our military 
force; but (tie naval force had arrived at the wharves 
and commanded it by their guns. 1 at once ad¬ 
vanced Gen. Foster's brigade "to take possession of 
tbe town by means of the naval vessels which Com. 
Rowan had kindly volunteered for the purpose. 
The city was set. on fire by the retreating rebels in 
many places; but owing to the exertions of the 
naval officers, the remaining citizens were induced 
to aid in extinguishing the flames, so that hut little 
harm has been done. 
Many of the citizens are returning, and wo are 
now in quiet, possession of the city. \Ve havo cap¬ 
tured the printing press, and shall at once issue a 
daily sheet. By this victory our combined force 
have captured eight batteries, containing forty-six 
heavy guns, aud three batteries of light artillery, of 
six guns each, making in all sixty-four guns, two 
steamboats, a number of sailing vessels, wagons, 
horses, a large quantity of ammunition, commissary 
and quartermaster’s stores, forage, the entire camp 
equipage of the rebel troops, a large quantity of 
rosin, turpentine, cotton, Ac., and merino prisoners. 
Our loss, thus far ascertained, will amount to 91 
killed and 466 wounded, many of them mortally. 
Among these are some of our most gallant officers 
and men, The rebel loss is severe, but not so great 
as our own, they being effectually covered, by their 
works. 
Too much praise cannot lie awarded to the officers 
and men for their untiring exertions and unceasing 
patience in accomplishing this work. The effecting 
of the landing and the approach to within a mile 
and a half of the enemy's works on the 13th, I eon- 
-ider as great a victory as the engagement of the 
14th. Owing to the difficult nature u! the landing 
our men were forced to wade ashore waist deep, 
march through mud to a point twelve miles distant, 
bivouac in low marshy ground in a rain storm for 
the night, engage the enemy at daylight in the 
morning, tigbtiug them for four houTS amid a dense 
fog that prevented them .from seeing the position of 
the enemy, and finally advancing rapidly over lmd 
roads upon the city. In the midst of all "this not a 
complaint was heard: the men were only eager to 
accomplish their work. Every brigade, and in fact 
every regiment, and I can almost say every officer 
and man of the force landed, was in the engagement. 
_ The men are aU in good spirits, and under the 
circumstances are in good health. I beg to say to 
the General commanding that I have under my 
command a division that can be relied upon in any 
emergency. 
Capture of Ncwbern — Olllcial Report. 
The following are the official reports of Maj.-Gen. 
Burnside, commanding the army, and Com. S. C. 
Rowan, of the Navy: 
llii.uiue.un’KKs T)kpaktmekt of n. C., > 
Newber.v, March 16, 1S62. j 
Geii. L. Thomas, Adjutant- General U. S- Army: 
General; I have the honor to report that, after 
embarking the troops with wliich 1 intended to 
attack Newhern.in conjunction with ibe naval toree. 
on the morning of the 11th. a rendezvous was made 
atHatteras lufet. Flag Officer Goldsburough hav¬ 
ing been ordered to Hamilton Roads, the naval licet 
was left in command of Commodore Rowan. 
Early on the morning of the 12th the entire force 
started for Ncwbern, and that night anchored off the 
mouth of Slocum's Creek, gome eighteen miles from 
Newborn, where I had decided to make a landing. 
The lauding commenced by 7 o’clock the next morn¬ 
ing. under cover of the naval fleet, and was effected 
with the greatest enthusiasm by the troops. Many, 
too impatient for the boats, leaped into the water, 
and waded waist, deep to the shore, and then, after 
a toilsome match through the mud, ilie head of the 
column marched within a mile aud a half of the 
enemy’s stronghold at 8 P. M„ a distance of twelve 
miles'from the point of landing, where we bivouacked 
fi>r the night, too rear of the column coming up with 
the boat howitzers about. 3 o'clock next morning, rhe 
detention being caused by the shocking condition of 
the roads, consequent upon tho heavy rain Unit had 
fallen during that day utld the whole of the night, 
tho men often wading knee-deep in mud, and requir¬ 
ing a whole regiment to drag tne eight pieces which 
A more detailed report will be forwarded as soon 
as I receive the brigade returns. The Brigadier- 
Generals. having been in the midst of their regi¬ 
ments while under lire, will be able to give me 
minute accounts. 
I beg to say to the General commanding the army 
that 1 have endeavored to carry out the very minute 
instructions given me by him before leaving Annap¬ 
olis, and thus far events have been singularly coin¬ 
cident with bis anticipations. I only hope that we 
may in future tie able to carry OBI in detail the 
may in lutvire he able to carry out in detail tne 
remaining plans of the campaign; tho only thing I 
have to regret is the delay caused by the elements. 
I desire again to bear testimony to the gallantry 
of onr rmvnl fleet, and to express my thanks to 
Commander Rowan and the officers under him for 
their hearty and cheerful co-operation in this move¬ 
ment. Their assistance was timely and of great ser¬ 
vice in the accomplishment, of our undertaking. 
I omitted to mention that there was a largo arrival 
of re-enforcements of the enemy hi Newborn during 
the engagement, which retreated with the remain¬ 
der of the army by tho cars and the country roads. 
1 have the honor, General, to be your obedient 
servant. A. E. Burnside, 
Brig.-Gen. Commanding Department N. C. 
U. S Steamer Phi label rni a. ) 
Off Newbkk.v. N. C., .March 16, 1862. J 
To Flan-Q_ffice.r L. M. Galdsbavovgh: —Sit:: 1 have 
the honor to report the capture of all the rebel batter¬ 
ies upon Nouse river, the complete defeat and rout of 
the enemy's forces in this vicinity, and the occupa¬ 
tion of Newborn by the combined forces of the 
United States yesterday (Friday) at noon. Inei 
denis of the expedition, briefly stated, are those: 
The fleet under my command and that of the army 
