IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA: The Demonstration of the Rebels Against Washington; HILL AND PETTIGREW IN COMMAND (4/9/1863)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/9/1863

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ON BOARD U.S. STEAMER _____, BELOW WASHINGTON, N.C., Thursday, April 2, 1863.

On Monday, the 30th of March, a strong force of rebels, under Gens. HILL and PETTIGREW, marched suddenly on Washington, N.C. There are, as nearly as can be ascertained, about ten thousand of them around the north side of the town, and seven regiments are on the south bank of the Pamlico River. At their first appearance, skirmishers had been sent out by our forces, and were driven back with considerable loss. Two companies of the Forty-fourth Massachusetts marched right into an ambuscade, knowing nothing of it until, a short turn in the road brought them under a withering fire of musketry, from an overwhelming force, at short range. Some of the First regiment of loyal North Carolina troops, under Capt. LYON, were badly cut up a little further down the river, and barely escaped with their boats. Three of their number were killed and six or eight wounded. Among the latter was Capt. LYON. As soon as she could ascertain the whereabouts of the enemy, the gunboat Commodore Hull opened on them with shell, and drove them off for the time being; but during the night the rebels intrenched themselves as follows: Those on the north of the town took position on Red Hill, an elevation about two and a half miles from town, which commands the national fortifications. The rebels on the south side of the town occupied Hill's Point, about six miles below, on which was a deserted earthwork, and placed eight fieldpieces in position to command the barricades in the stream and the channel, which winds quite close in shore at this point. They were thus enabled to deliver a plunging fire on any vessel attempting to pass.

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The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

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Important from North Carolina: The Demonstration of the Rebels Against Washington – 2
News from Fortress Monroe: The Expedition Sent Out from Yorktown – 3
The War in Missouri: Pursuit of the Guerrillas who Destroyed the Sam Gaty – 3
Union Fair in Jersey City – 3
Charleston: No Dispatches Yet Received by the Government – 3
The Latest Rebel Reports: The Monitors and Iron-Clads Announced off Charleston – 3
Important from the South: The Recent Great Riot in Richmond – 3-4
Important from New-Orleans: An Artillery and Gunboat Fight in Lower Louisiana – 4
News from Washington: Good Condition of the government Finances – 4-5
Editorial: The Assured Strength of the Administration – 5-6
Editorial: The Rebels and their Allies – 6
State Rights and the National Constitution – 6