sed at any time; his military genius comprehended the
situation, and he was master of it. He determined upon his
charge, knowing what pluck and dash could accomplish, and
satisfied it was the only point of attack. With twenty-two
hundred muskets and nine pieces of artillery, he charged the
enemy's work which they regarded unassailable and carried them
without a halt. His loss, which reached _five hundred in thirty
minutes_, shows how sanguinary was the work." (Signed R.)

From the _Richmond Dispatch_, April 30th:

_The Fall of Plymouth. A Specimen of Yankee Lying. A Sympathetic
order for General Wessels. Negro Soldiers Butchered._ "The
Philadelphia _Inquirer_ contains the official and other
announcements of the fall of Plymouth. The butchery of the negro
troops is news here, though if General Hoke had butchered the
whole garrison in the assault, after a refusal to surrender, it
would have been perfectly proper under the laws of war. It will
be seen that the loss of the Confederates is put down at fifteen
hundred!! The following is a telegram dated Fortress Monroe, the
24th instant: The gallant garrison at Plymouth, after a
desperate struggle with the rebel foe, who besieged them by land
and water, with an infinitely superior force, were compelled to
surrender, but not until they had slaughtered hundreds of the
enemy in their attempts to storm the forts. The fight commenced
late on Sunday afternoon, and continued until half-past ten on
Wednesday morning, when the surrender was made. Our men fought
with the ferocity of tigers, and they would never have yielded
had there been anything like an equality of forces. But the
rebels outnumbered them nearly ten to one. When the attack first
was made the Confederates were twelve thousand strong, and
afterwards received eight thousand more as reinforcements. Aided
as they were by their powerful ram and gunboats, it is not at
all surprising that they succeeded in capturing the Town of
Plymouth."

From the New York _Herald_, April 26th, 1864:

"_The Rebel Losses_ are, beyond the slightest doubt, immensely
heavy. When it is considered that every fort around Plymouth was
stormed from three to seven times, and each assault repulsed
with great slaughter, besides pouring broadside after broadside
into the rebel ranks from the Miami and Southf