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MAP OF THE BATTLE-FIELDOF ROANOKE ISLAND , FEB-RUARY 8TH, 1862. DRAWNBY LIEUT. W. S. ANDREWS,OF THE 9TH N. Y. PUB-LISHED BY AUTHORITY OFTHE SECRETARY OF WAR.

an unexpected di-rection upon theenemy inside thework. Theyturned their gunsupon his troops,but failed to drivethem from theirposition. WhileGeneral Reno wasmaintaining theleft attack, Gen-eral Foster, withthe 25th Massa-chusetts and 10thConnecticut , wasmaking a seriousdemonstration infront; and the23d and 27th Mas-sachusetts , laterwith the 51stPennsylvania,were trying topenetrate thealmost impassa-ble wood andswamp in thefar-off front ofthe earth - workfor the purposeof getting on

the enemy’s left.While engagedin this move-ment, the Massachusetts troops encountered a battalion of the enemy anddrove them inside their work.

About 11 o’clock General Parke with his brigade arrived upon the field,and the 4th Rhode Island was ordered to follow the regiments making thedemonstration on the enemy’s left. “ The 9th New York regiment, arrivingupon the ground, was ordered to follow.” . . . “ The regiment, under thelead of the colonel, Rush C. Hawkins , entered the clearing with great spirit.”Nearly two companies had succeeded in getting into the clearing immediatelyin front of the earth-work, where the mud was more than ankle-deep, andwhere they were receiving the undivided attention of the enemy’s threepieces of artillery, and getting a shot now and then from the infantry. It