FROM WILMINGTON: Reported Evacuation of the City; Thirty Millions Worth of Cotton Fired by the Rebels (1/23/1865)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 1/23/1865

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BALTIMORE, Sunday, Jan. 22.

The American's special says, under date of Annapolis, Jan. 21:

Gen. GRANT arrived here to-day in his flagboat the M. Martin. The General left at 11 o'clock for Washington by the Express train. He is reported to have said that a deserter had come into the lines of Gen. TERRY, who reported that the rebels were evacuating Wilmington, after having set fire to some thirty millions worth of cotton, but that our troops were so near at hand as to prevent the destruction of it.

A bearer of dispatches also arrived in the gunboat Queen, from Admiral PORTER, and proceeded to Washington.

FIVE BLOCKADE-RUNNERS TRAPPED.

PHILADELPHIA, Sunday, Jan. 22.

The U.S. steamer Massachusetts, from the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, arrived here to-day. She left off Charleston on the evening of January 18, and off Wilmington, N.C., Thursday evening. All of Admiral Porter's fleet are in Cape Fear River. On the night of the 18th five blockade-runners ran into Old Inlet, N.C., and were captured by the fleet. Their names were not ascertained. The Massachusetts brings two hundred invalids and discharged men.

REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Jan. 21.

Dispatches from Admiral PORTER have been received at the Navy Department, in which he states that the rebels have not only blown up Fort Caswell, but also the pirates Tallahassee and Chickamauga. He also asserts that our forces will be in Wilmington before long.

In his detailed report of the attack on Fort Fisher, the Admiral gives the total number of naval officers killed and wounded at 21, and of others, killed, wounded and missing, including the explosion of the magazine, 309.

THE REBEL REPORT.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Jan. 21.

The Richmond Dispatch, of Jan. 19, says:

"Our most reliable information is that the enemy have attempted to

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From Wilmington: Reported Evacuation of the City – 2
Gen. Lee: His Appointment as Rebel Commander-in-Chief – 2
Gen. Thomas’ Army: No Immediate Movement – 2
Army of the Potomac: The Rebels Jubilant – 2-3
From Sheridan’s Army: The Capture of Fort Fisher – 3-4
Sherman’s New Movement: Later Reports from the Rebels at Charleston – 4
From Libby Prison-Soldiers in Confinement – 4
News from Washington – 4-5
Return of Mr. Blair to Richmond: He is Provided with a Safe Conduct for Peace Commissioners – 5
Editorial: Too Sanguine Hopes for Peace – 5
Extradition of the Pirate Burleigh – 5
Editorial: Naval Armaments on the Lakes – 5-6
Editorial: The Rebel Proposition to Arm the Negroes – 6
Editorial: Work for the Disabled Soldier – 6-7
Wilmington – 7
The Southern Confederacy – 7
An Interior View of the Contraband Trade of the Rebels: Contraband Trade with Nassau – 7
Amusements this Evening – 7

[Red Badger]

Minorities hardest hit..........NY Times.............

[nuke_road_warrior]

Until I read the source, I thought this was from the “Bee” about Wilmington being evacuated due to Biden coming home. 😁

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The tip-off was it didn’t say “Thirty Millions Worth of Blow Fired by Hunter”