Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862

Chapter II: Part 2

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As soon as Captain Cole had crossed the bridge, following the New Jersey Ninth, he was ordered forward by Colonel Heckmann, and his company directed to act as scouts to find the position of the enemy. They had proceeded about eighty or one hundred rods beyond the pickets of the Ninth when the advance guard of Company K was fired upon by a concealed body of the enemy, and Private Chapman wounded in the thigh. Captain Cole then halted, and Colonel Heckmann ordered a part of the Ninth New Jersey forward to skirmish through the woods. The enemy were found in the edge of the woods when a lively fire commenced between our skirmishers and the foe. The entire Ninth was then ordered forward, and the rebels commenced firing sharply from a battery of three howitzers, with grape and canister. A section of two pieces of Schenck's battery was now ordered up, and returned the enemy's grape and canister with twelve-pound shells. The gallant Jerseymen kept advancing steadily upon the enemy, committing great havoc in their ranks by their unerring aim, until finally the rebels were driven from the woods, and obliged to fall back about half a mile to an open field, skirted by woods. The fight ended about dark, when our advance guard encamped upon the scene of battle. It is a singular fact, notwithstanding the conspicuous part taken and gallantry displayed in this skirmish by the Ninth New Jersey in their advancing movements, but one man was wounded in the whole regiment. But they suffered subsequently. The number of the enemy killed and wounded is unknown, but supposed to be heavy.

The advance laid upon the field all night without molestation. On the following morning (Sunday), about 7.30, the first gun was fired upon the enemy by one of Captain Cole's pickets, and the report spread that the rebels were approaching in force. Colonel Heckmann had the brigade of which he is acting-commander immediately drawn up in line of battle, with the intrepid Ninth still in the advance. After waiting about half an hour, and finding the enemy did not approach, the Ninth was ordered forward, with skirmishers to the right and left, the main body being in the Kinston road. They were then within about three miles from Kinston, and while moving were occasionally saluted with a shot from the enemy's skirmishers. In a short time the firing became more general, and as the Jerseymen went on, closely followed by the brave boys of Company K of the Third New York Cavalry, they returned the fire briskly. After reaching a point bordering on a piece of woods, the rebels commenced firing artillery, nearly raking the road on which our troops were advancing. They then fired to the right and left, to prevent a flank movement, which was attempted by Colonel Heckmann. The fight began now in earnest, and as our infantry and artillery were ordered up, regiment by regiment. General Wessell rode forward, immediately followed by General Foster; and while the fighting in front was going on, the manoeuvering of our forces so as to outflank the enemy was begun. General Foster ordered Colonel Heckmann to take his brigade to the right, by the river road, and attack the enemy on their left flank; the artillery, consisting of the Third New York Artillery, Belger's Rhode Island battery, Schenck's battery, and two or three others, closely following the infantry. After getting into position a terrible fire was opened upon the enemy from the front and flank. This was withstood with great fortitude and bravery by the enemy for about four hours, when a dashing charge, made by several of our regiments, caused the rebels to break and retreat in confusion across the bridge, over the Neuse, clear to and through the village of Kinston and beyond. Some places they crossed in their flight up the river, to the left, the water was so deep that it reached the bellies of our cavalry horses while in pursuit. The Neuse River bridge had been saturated with turpentine in places, and as the enemy retired in their great haste they imperfectly set fire to it; but the fire was easily extinguished by the aid of the artillery buckets, used for watering the horses. It was here we met our saddest loss, almost, as it were, by accident. Colonel Gray of the Ninety-sixth New York was at work with his regiment, endeavoring to put out the fire, when a loaded musket, thrown away by a flying rebel, caught fire and exploded, the charge entering the body of the Colonel, and inflicting a wound which caused instant death. His body was brought to New Berne by Company K, and will be sent to New York.

The bridge was soon in condition to permit the infantry to cross with perfect safety, our artillery having in the meantime opened from the bridge upon the enemy, who had been rallied and was again formed in line of battle about a mile beyond the village of Kinston. The enemy made no reply but with artillery, but fell back behind a high hill out of sight. About 2 p. m. General Foster ordered troops to enter the town, when it was occupied, and three brigades sent about two miles beyond. Seven or eight houses were burned in Kinston, some say by accident and some by design, after our men got in. The rebels burned a great amount of corn and cotton before leaving the place. The Ninth New Jersey, taking the advance again, forced the rebels from behind the hill where they had made a stand, to a point about three miles from Kinston, when the troops encamped for the night (Sunday).

After reaching the town, Captain Cole of Company K, Third New York Cavalry, was ordered to proceed down the river to the blockade, and where a battery had been erected to play upon our gunboats if they attempted to ascend the river. Captain Cole, on arriving at the place--a sort of half circular fort, with breastworks a mile and a half long--ascertained from a negro that the rebels had moved six brass pieces about six hours before he reached there; that they had more guns there, and that a guard had been left to protect them until they could be secured, the rebels not having enough horses to get them all away. Captain Cole attempted to surround the fort and capture what there was remaining in it, when the guard discovered his force and decamped for the woods without firing a shot. Company K charged on the fort and took possession thereof, capturing everything in it. The armament remaining was found to consist of seven guns, including one eight-inch columbiad, two thirty-two-pounder iron guns, and four six-pounder iron guns. The four latter were found to be loaded, primed and ready to be fired; but the brisk movements of Captain Cole and his daring company prevented the execution of the latter deadly operation. Company K and its commander have been highly complimented by the commanding General for their gallantry on this occasion. A small amount of provisions, clothing, etc., was found in the fort, which was left. The four six-pounders were brought away; the columbiad and the thirty-twos, being too heavy to be removed, were spiked and the carriages burned. Captain Cole reached Kinston about midnight with the trophies. The next morning about 5 o'clock he received orders from General Foster to return to New Berne with seven pieces--two brass and five iron--captured with other trophies. The two brass pieces were the same captured from us at Little Washington about three months ago. Captain Cole also brings the remains of Colonel Gray, of the Ninety-sixth New York, killed on Neuse bridge. On his way down Captain Cole captured eight rebels and brought them into New Berne. Three belonged to South Carolina and four to Georgia.

The New Jersey Ninth captured the regimental flag of a South Carolina regiment before crossing the Neuse bridge, and carry it as a trophy of their gallantry.

Most of the 500 rebels captured and paroled by General Foster belonged to South Carolina and Georgia.

The conduct of the Tenth Connecticut Regiment is spoken of in the highest terms. They, with the New Jersey Ninth, were particularly distinguished for their bravery, and suffered the most.

THE GUNBOATS IN THE BATTLE.

[Our New Berne Correspondence.]

NEW BERNE, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862.

An expedition, consisting of the gunboats Delaware, Seymour and Shawsheen, of the navy, under the command of Commander Murray, United States Navy, and the steamboats Ocean Wave, Allison, North State, Port Royal, and Wilson, manned by the Marine Artillery and commanded by Colonel Manchester, left this point on Thursday last, the 11th inst., to proceed up the Neuse River to co-operate with the land forces under General Foster in his advance toward Kinston, or more properly to effect a diversion in General Foster's favor. Owing to lack of water the gunboats were unable to go up the river more than fifteen or eighteen miles, and were compelled to stop and allow the affair to be carried on by the Marine Artillery flotilla alone. Colonel Manchester assumed command of the expedition from that point, and resolutely pushed up toward Kinston, determined to reach the village and participate in its capture. The low state of the water alone prevented Commander Murray from carrying his heavy gunboats to the town.

Colonel Manchester met but little resistance going up, a few scattering shots being fired at him by guerrillas on the banks. He experienced much difficulty, however, in getting ahead rapidly, because of the bars and shoals, upon which the boats grounded. But all obstacles being overcome, they reached a point within two miles of Kinston on Saturday afternoon, when they suddenly found themselves under the fire of an eleven gun battery, which opened on the Allison, the leading boat, as she rounded a point of land and appeared full in view of the enemy's formidable work, and not over 1,200 yards distant. The river was here only about one hundred feet in width, with shoals on either side of the channel, and it was found to be utterly impossible to turn the boat. To back out of the scrape was the only resort, and as soon as that could be effected it was done; but not until the Allison had been twenty minutes under an exceedingly hot fire, in which she was repeatedly struck by shell and shot. She returned the fire from her thirty-pounder Parrott gun forward, and occasioned the rebels considerable loss. The Allison was seriously damaged in the fray. The top of her pilot house was torn off, her smoke stack pierced by a shell, and her steam safety pipe cut away. It was a miracle she was not sunk. Finally extricating herself from her perilous position, also backed around the point of land and came to anchor with the rest of the flotilla, screened from the rebel battery by woods, but in short range. There they laid all night, prepared at any moment to repel any attempt on the part of the enemy to capture them by boarding. Several times during the night they fired upon the rebel reconnoitering parties, who became very bold in their advances.

All night long our men could hear the rattle of trains over the railroad, evidently conveying reinforcements to Kinston, against which General Foster had steadily pushed his advance, fighting for every inch of ground. The blows of axes, as the rebels felled trees to block up the avenues of approach to the town, the calls of soldiers, barking of dogs, and other sounds, were heard all the night long proceeding from the wooded shore. But no serious attempt was made to capture the boats, which might have been successful if well planned. On Sunday morning the boats turned, and descended the stream, as the water in the river had fallen nearly fifteen inches during the night, and promised to leave them high and dry, prizes to the rebels, if they much longer delayed their return. On their way down they were fired upon from the shores by guerrillas, who followed them a distance of twenty miles, killing one of our men (Edward J. Perkins, Company H, Marine Artillery), and wounding three others, none very seriously. The Ocean Wave, and, indeed, all the boats, were more or less injured by musketry and field pieces. Bullets were found on the Ocean Wave dipped in verdigris, to poison the wounds they inflicted, and others had copper wire attached, for the same purpose. The rebels evidently have been taking some new lessons in warfare from the Sepoys or Chinese; They are apt pupils. It would also appear that about 150 of these guerrillas were the attacking party, and thirty of them were killed and wounded before they relinquished the idea of taking the boats, as we have since learned. The attempt to pen in the boats, by felling trees across the river, was thwarted by the rapid movements of the boats.

On our return the Ocean Wave was unfortunate enough to stave a hole in her bottom by running on a stump, and sunk in three feet of water. She can be raised with but little trouble. Her guns have been taken off, as well as the crew, coal, provisions, etc., and she will soon be afloat. What effect this had on Gen. Foster's fortunes has not yet been ascertained. It probably prevented some rebel troops from meeting his forces. If the river had been up, the flotilla would have been of great service in aiding in the capture of Kinston; but lack of water prevented it. Colonel Manchester and the officers and men of the Marine Artillery have earned a still higher reputation for their gallantry and indomitable perseverance on this expedition. They are a valuable arm of the service, and merit better treatment than they have received from the authorities. It seems about time to recognize them as a corps, now that they are performing all duties contemplated in their organization. Justice ought to be done them.

Commander Murray is displaying an immense deal of energy in conducting naval operations in North Carolina waters, and is greatly aiding General Foster in his operations.

LOSSES IN THE THREE BATTLES:

Those of Kinston, Whitehall and the Goldsboro Bridge consolidated.

Ninth New Jersey, Col. C. A. Heckmann, 2 killed, 32 wounded, 2 missing. Battle of Whitehall, 44 wounded. Battle of Goldsboro, 11 wounded.

Fifth Rhode Island, Capt. J. B. Arnold, 1 killed, 4 wounded.

Third New York Artillery, Capt J. J. Morrison, Battery B, 2 wounded. Capt. E. S. Jenney, Battery F, 2 wounded.

Twenty-fourth New York Independent Battery, 1 killed.

General Wessell's Brigade--Eighty-fifth New York, 3 wounded. Ninety-sixth New York, Col. Charles O. Gray, 1 killed, 6 wounded. Twenty-second New York, 2 killed, 16 wounded.

One Hundred and First Pennsylvania did not lose any in killed or wounded.

Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania, 9 wounded.

One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania. When this regiment went into action it had about 450 men, and after the action it was found that it had 14 killed and 58 wounded.

Casualties in Second Brigade, First Division, Department of North Carolina, Col. Thos. G. Stevenson commanding, at Kinston, Whitehall, Everettville, December 14, 16 and 17, 1862:

Tenth Connecticut Volunteers, Lieut.-Col. Robert Leggett commanding, 11 killed, 86 wounded, of whom 10 have since died.

Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, Major Robert H. Stevenson commanding, 1 killed, 7 wounded.

Forty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Col. Francis S. Lee commanding, 8 killed, 13 wounded.

Fifth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, Capt. Job Arnold commanding, 1 killed, 3 wounded.

Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island State Artillery, Capt. James Belger, 1 killed, 8 wounded; 10 horses killed and wounded.

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Report of the casualties in the Third (Col. H. C. Lee's) Brigade. The expedition to Goldsboro:

Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, Col. Geo. H. Pierson, 7 wounded.

Third Massachusetts Volunteers, Col. Silas P. Richmond, 2 wounded.

Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment, Col. H. C. Lee, 3 wounded.

Forty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment, Col. George Boler, 2 killed, 3 wounded.

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List of killed and wounded in the First Brigade, first division, commanded by Colonel Amory:

Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers, 1 killed, 29 wounded.

Forty-fifth Massachusetts, Col. Chas. R. Codman, 6 killed, 38 wounded.

Twenty-third Massachusetts, 14 killed, 52 wounded.

Fifty-first Massachusetts, Col. Abram B. R. Sprague, 2 wounded.

Forty-third Massachusetts, Col. Chas. L. Holbrook, 2 killed, 1 wounded.

Artillery Brigade, Col. J. H. Ledlie, commanding, 2 staff wounded.

Battery B, Capt. James J. Morrison, 4 wounded.

Battery F, Capt. E. S. Jenney, 8 wounded.

Battery E, Lieut. G. E. Ashby, commanding, 3 wounded.

Battery I, Lieut. George W. Thomas, commanding, 1 killed.

Battery K, Capt. James R. Angel, 2 killed, 5 wounded.

Twenty-fourth Battery, Capt. J. E. Lee, 1 killed.

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Casualties in Third New York Cavalry: Company A, Capt. W. S. Joy, 3 wounded; 7 horses killed.

Company B, Capt. John F. Marshall, 7 wounded; 10 horses killed.

Company E, Capt. F. Jacobs, Jr., 2 wounded.

Company K, Capt. Geo. W. Cole, 2 wounded.

It is impossible to send the list of the missing, which may turn up in a day or two.

[New York Times, Sept. 3, 1874.]

MAJOR-GEN. JOHN G. FOSTER.

The death of this distinguished soldier and military engineer is announced. He died at his mother's residence at Nashua, N. H., at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, in the fifty-first year of his age. He graduated at West Point, July 1, 1846, being in the same class with Generals George B. McClellan and Stonewall Jackson. He served in the war with Mexico, 1847-48, attached to the Company of Sappers, Miners, and Pontoniers, and was engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro Gordo, and battles of Contreras and Churubusco, in which he distinguished himself. On the 20th of August, 1847, he was promoted Brevet First Lieutenant. He was severely wounded on the 8th of September, 1847, while leading the forlorn hope at the capture of Molino del Rey. For his gallant conduct on this occasion he was promoted Brevet Captain, and was placed, with full pay, for more than two years on the sick list of the army. When convalescent, he joined Gen. R. E. Lee at Baltimore as Assistant Engineer, and afterwards was on the Coast Survey. He was Assistant Professor of Engineering at West Point from January, 1855, to June, 1857, and Superintending Engineer of the survey of the site of the fort at Willett's Point, Long Island; of the preliminary operations for building a fort at Sandy Hook, N. J.; of building Fort Sumter, and repairs of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, from 1858 to 1861. On the 1st of July, 1860, he was promoted Captain, Corps of Engineers, for fourteen years' continuous service. During the rebellion of the seceding States he was Chief Engineer of the fortifications of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. He was also engaged in defense of Fort Sumter from 27th of December, 1860, to April 14, 1861, when it was surrendered and evacuated. For the distinguished part taken by him in the transfer of the garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter he was, on the 20th December, 1860, promoted Brevet Major. Soon after the surrender of Fort Sumter he was given the command of a brigade, as second to General Burnside on the North Carolina expedition, in which he again distinguished himself. He took by storm the central fortification on the Island of Roanoke, which soon led to the entire possession of the island. For these services he was promoted Brevet Lieutenant Colonel on the 8th February, 1862, and Brevet-Colonel on the 12th March, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of New Berne, N. C. He was present at the bombardment of Fort Macon, which capitulated 26th April, 1862, and on July 1, 1862, when Gen. Burnside was ordered to join Gen. McClellan, he was left in command of the division, and subsequently of the whole department of Virginia and North Carolina, with his headquarters at Old Point Comfort. During this period he successfully conducted the expedition to burn the Goldsboro Railroad Bridge, (December, 1862), was engaged in the action of Southwest Creek, December 14, 1862; at the battle of Kinston the following day; two days afterward at the action of Whitehall, and on the 18th of December, 1862, at the action of Goldsboro Bridge. He repulsed the rebel attack on New Berne, March 14, 1863. At the time of the investment of Little Washington, on Tar River, he performed one of the most gallant deeds in the annals of the war, by running in a small steamer past the rebel batteries commanding the channel, for the purpose of hurrying forward reinforcements to relieve the little garrison. The daring act was not unobserved by the rebels, who sent a solid shot through the stateroom of the General, but as he happened to be on deck, he escaped harm, reached New Berne in safety, and accomplished his purpose.

On December 12, 1863, he relieved General Burnside and took command of the Army and Department of the Ohio, which he retained up to February 9, 1864, when he was obliged to relinquish the command in consequence of severe injuries from the fall of his horse. He was obliged to be removed to Baltimore for surgical assistance, and while yet on his crutches, he was, on the 26th of May, 1864, placed in command of the Department of the South, and met and aided General Sherman when he completed his march to the sea. He was in command of this department up to February 11, 1865, when he was again relieved for surgical treatment. He was promoted Brevet Brigadier-General on March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Savannah, Ga., and on the same day Brevet Major-General for "meritorious services in the field during the Rebellion." He subsequently commanded the Department of Florida from August 7, 1865, to December 5, 1866, and was on temporary duty in the Engineer Bureau, Washington, from January to May, 1867. General Foster had been in ill-health for about a year, and his condition recently was such as to leave no hope of his recovery. He was a man of commanding presence, great executive ability, and undaunted courage, and was at all times very popular with those under his command. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock, a. m., Saturday, with military honors. It is expected that a detachment of regulars from Fort Warren will attend the funeral.

At a meeting of the citizens of Nashua last night, to make arrangements for the funeral of General Foster on Saturday, a committee was appointed to co-operate with the City Government. The public buildings will be draped and business suspended. Invitations were sent to President Grant, the Secretary of War, Ex-Governor Allen, of New Hampshire, and other distinguished persons.

[New York Herald, Sept. 6, 1874.]

OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL FOSTER.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT NASHUA, N. H.

NASHUA, N. H., Sept. 5, 1874.

Since the obsequies of Major Ainsworth, a Nashua man who fell at the head of his command at Front Royal, there has not been so profound an expression of sorrow as that evinced in this city to-day, over the death and funeral rites of her honored citizen, patriot and gallant soldier of two wars, Major-General John G. Foster. The morning dawned foggy and heavy, but mellowed into autumnal splendor, while the populace seemed subdued in thought and mindful that one was being consigned to mother earth who had performed his duty to his country wisely and well. The mills and workshops, stores and offices were closed, and the citizens and citizen-soldiers of Nashua and vicinity vied with one another in paying the last sad tribute of respect to a son of New Hampshire who has honored her on many fields of carnage, and whose name is a household word with her children.

At 8 o'clock a requiem mass was held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception by Rev. John O'Donnell, and at the same hour a detail of ten men from Post John G. Foster, under command of Colonel George Bowers, took charge of the remains at the residence of his mother on Orange square, where the body laid in state two hours. Lighted candles were burning at the head and feet, according to the custom of the Catholic Church.

The body was encased in a heavy rosewood casket, upon which lay the sword, sash and belt of the deceased soldier. On the inner side of the lid, which was turned back, was a large floral wreath about a heavy silver coffin plate, upon which were handsomely engraved emblems of the army and the following inscription:--"John Gray Foster, Lieutenant-Colonel Engineers, Brevet Major-General United States Army, died September 2, 1874, aged 51 years." Hundreds of citizens, women and children viewed the remains, and hundreds more, owing to the crowd, were unable to look upon the face of the dead, which, although emaciated by disease, bore the soldierly impress it was wont to bear in life. The arrangements at the house were under the direction of Captain Solomon Spalding.

The city flags were at half-mast, minute guns were fired from 10 until 12 o'clock, and all the bells in the city were tolled. The cortege received the remains at his mother's residence and proceeded to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the nave of which was heavily draped in mourning, via. Orange, Concord, Main, East Pearl and Temple streets, where the body was placed in front of the altar, and the funeral service of the Catholic Church was performed by the Right Rev. Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina. The funeral oration was delivered by Rev. Robert Fulton, S. J., and President of the Boston College, connected with the Church of the Immaculate Conception, of which the deceased soldier was a member.

The singing, which was grand and appropriate, was by the choir of the Church of St. Aloysius, assisted by General Michael T. Donahue and others, from Boston, and John McEvoy, of Lowell.

At the close of the exercises in the church the procession was re-formed, when it proceeded through Amory street to Canal street, up Canal street to the Nashua Cemetery, in the rear of the Unitarian church, where the remains of the gallant dead were interred with those of his kindred, and the grave blessed by Rev. Father O'Donnell.

The following regiments participated in these battles:

Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. S. P. Richmond.

Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. Geo. H. Pierson.

[A]Eighth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. F. J. Coffin.

Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Col. T. J. C. Amory.

Twenty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Major J. G. Chambers.

Twenty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Col. T. G. Stevenson.

Twenty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Col. Josiah Pickett.

Twenty-seventh Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Col. H. C. Lee.

Forty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. Chas. L. Holbrook.

Forty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. Francis S. Lee.

Forty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. Chas. R. Codman.

Forty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. Geo. Boler.

Fifty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Col. A. B. R. Sprague.

Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island, Capt. James Belger.

Fifth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers, Capt. Job Arnold.

Third Regiment Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, Col. S. H. Mix. Company A, Capt. Walter S. Joy; Company B, Capt. John F. Marshall; Company E, Capt. Ferris Jacobs, Jr.; Company K, Capt. George W. Cole.

Third New York Artillery, State Volunteers, Col. J. H. Ledlie. Battery B, Capt. Joseph J. Morrison; Battery C, Lieut. G. E. Ashby; Battery F, Capt. E. S. Jenney; Battery I, Capt. John H. Ammon; Battery K, Capt. James R. Angel.

Twenty-second New York Infantry, State Volunteers, Col. Walter Phelps, Jr.

Eighty-fifth New York Infantry, State Volunteers, Col J. S. Belknap.

Ninety-sixth New York Infantry, State Volunteers, Col. Chas. O. Gray.

Tenth Connecticut Volunteers, Col. E. D. S. Goodyear.

Twenty-fourth Independent Battery, New York State Volunteers, Capt. T. E. Lee.

Ninth Regiment New Jersey Infantry, Col. C. A. Heckmann.

Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania.

One Hundred and First Regiment Pennsylvania.

One Hundred and Third Regiment Pennsylvania.

[Footnote A: Eighth Massachusetts Regiment garrison New Berne while the other troops were away.]

INDEX

Ainsworth, Major, 86

Allen, Ex-Gov., 86

Allison, 60, 72, 73

Allis' Flying Artillery, 17, 32, 42

Ammon, Captain John H., 44, 91

Ammon's Battery, 44

Amory, Colonel Thomas J. C., 80, 90

Amory's Brigade, 50, 55, 80

Angel, Captain James R., 81, 91

Angel's Battery, 42

Ashby, Lieut. G. E., 81

Arnold, Job Col. B., 78, 79

Atlantic and North Carolina R. R., 58

Ball's Bluff, 54, 59

Baltimore, Md., 85

Belger's Battery F., First Rhode Island Artil'y, 39, 51, 66, 79, 90

Belger, Captain James, 44, 79

Belknap, Col. J. L., 91

Black Pioneer Brigade, 12

Boler, Col. George, 80, 91

Boston, Mass., 89

Boston College, 88

Bowers, Col. George, 87

Butler, Henry, 26

Butler, Aug. G., 11

Bradford, J. A., 22

Burnside, Gen. A. E., 83

Catholic Church, 88, 89

Cerro Gordo, 82

Chambers, Major John G., 57, 89

Chapman, Franklin, 13

Chapman, ----, wounded, 63

Charleston Harbor, S. C., 83

Chinese, 76

Church of the Immaculate Conception, 87, 89

Church of St. Aloysius, 89

Churubusco, 82

Clifford, 1

Codman, Col. C. R., 80, 91

Coffin, Col. F. T., 90

Cole, Capt. Geo. W., 11, 13, 21, 61, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 81, 91

Company B, Third New York Cavalry, 10, 61, 91

Company K, Third New York Cavalry, 10, 13, 22, 61, 65, 68, 70, 80, 91

Company K, Ninth New Jersey, 63

Company K, Ninety-sixth New York, 67

Confederate States, 45

Connecticut Tenth Infantry, 18, 21, 57, 71, 78, 92

Contreras, 82

Costello, John, wounded, 11, 62

Day, Lieut. S. S., 12

Department of Florida, 85

Department of the South, 85

Dublin County, North Carolina, 45

Dudley Station, N. C., 41

Donahue, Gen. M. T., 89

Eighth Massachusetts Infantry, 90, 91

Eighteenth South Carolina Regiment, 16

Eighty-fifth New York Infantry, 78, 92

Eighty-eighth New York Infantry, 15, 91

Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania, 14, 15, 78, 92

Ellis, John W., 46

Evans, Maj.-Gen. N. S., 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 54, 56, 59

Evansville, N. C., 79

Everett Station, 41

Fellows, Lieut.-Col. John F., 36

Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, 80, 90

Fifty-first Massachusetts Infantry, 80, 91

Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, 79, 91

Fitzsimmons, Major Chas., 41

Florida, Department of, 85

Forty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 58, 80, 91

Forty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Infantry, 42, 80, 90

Forty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Infantry, 55, 79, 91

Forty-fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Infantry, 15, 16, 55,
80, 91

Foster, Maj.-Gen. John G., 9, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30, 34, 37, 38, 42, 48, 50,
58, 60, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 82, 86, 87, 88

Foster, Maj.-Gen. John G., Obsequies of, 86

Foster, Maj.-Gen. John G., Post, 87

Franklin, N. C., 39

Franklin, Major, 18, 19

Front Royal, 86

Fulton, Rev. Robert, 88

Garrard, Major Jeptha, 17, 24, 28, 29, 31, 41, 42

Georgia, 71

Georgia, Savannah, 85

Goldsboro, 19, 22, 27, 32, 33, 40, 44, 49, 56, 58, 59, 77

Goldsboro R. R. Bridge, 48, 77, 84

Goldsboro and Wilmington R. R., 32, 41

Grant, President U. S., 86

Gray, Col. Charles O., 20, 67, 70, 78, 92

Gray, Col. Chas. O., Death of, 57, 67

Graham, Lieut. Geo. W., 38

Gunboats:
Delaware, 71
Seymour, 71
Shawsheen, 71

Harper Bros., 5

Harper's History of the Rebellion, 5

Heckmann, Col. C. A., 10, 13, 21, 37, 62, 63, 65, 66, 78, 92

Holbrook, Col. Chas. L., 13, 42, 80, 90

Hunt, Col. Lewis C., 21

Jacobs, Jr., Capt. Ferris, 17, 32, 33, 41, 91

Jackson, Gen. Stonewall, 82

Jenney, Capt. E. S., 15, 24, 78, 81, 91

Jerseymen, 64

Joy, Capt. Walter S., 81

Kennedy, Major T. D., 44

Kingsley, Franklin, 11

Kinston, N. C., 9, 14, 18, 23, 24, 27, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59,
60, 61, 65, 67, 68, 72, 73, 74, 77, 84

Ledlie, Col. J. H., 21, 30, 50, 81, 91

Lee's Brigade, 39, 50, 55

Lee, Col. Francis S., 79, 91

Lee, Col. H. C., 80, 90

Lee, Capt. O. E., 92

Lee, Gen. R. E., 82

Leggett, Lieut.-Col., 79, 91

Lemon, Wm., 38

Little Washington, N. C., 70, 84

Lincoln, Abraham, 45

Lowell, Mass., 89

Lynch, Rev. Bishop, 88

Macon, Fort, S. C., 84

Manchester, Lieut.-Col. H. A., 17, 60, 72, 77

Marine Artillery, New York, 72, 75, 77

Marshall, Capt. James F., 10, 61, 81, 91

Massachusetts, 29, 30
" Third Regiment Vol. M., 80, 90
" Fifth Regiment Vol. M., 80, 90
" Eighth Regiment Vol. M., 89, 90
" Seventeenth Regiment Inf., 16, 36, 37, 38, 80, 90
" Twenty-third Regiment Inf., 16, 54, 57, 80, 90
" Twenty-fourth Regiment Inf., 79, 90
" Twenty-fifth Regiment Inf., 90
" Twenty-seventh Regiment Inf., 80, 90
" Forty-third Regiment Vol. M., 42, 80, 90
" Forty-fourth Regiment Vol. M., 55, 79, 91
" Forty-fifth Regiment Vol. M., 15, 16, 55, 80, 91
" Forty-sixth Regiment Vol. M., 58, 80, 91
" Fifty-first Regiment Vol. M., 80, 91

McClellan, Gen. George B., 82

McEvoy, John, 89

Merrimac, 27

Mexico, 82

Mexico, Molino del Rey, 82

Mix's Cavalry, 51, 53

Mix, Col. Simon H., 51, 59, 90

Mix, Lieut. John, 12, 51

Molett, Col., 16

Morrison, Capt. Joseph J., 13, 44, 50, 52, 78, 81, 91

Morrison's Battery, 12, 13, 14, 39, 44, 48, 52

Mosely Hall, N. C., 27

Moultrie, Fort, S. C., 83

Mount Olive Station, N. C., 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 44

Murray, Capt., 17

Murray, Commander A., 71, 72, 77

Nashua, N. H., 82, 86, 89

Nethercote, Major, 16

Nethercote's N. C. Battalion, 16, 61

Neucommer, ----, 14, 70

Neuse River Bridge, 66

Neuse River, 16, 23, 27, 41, 42, 56, 59

New Berne, 9, 47, 58, 60, 62, 67, 70, 71, 83, 84

New Hampshire, 86, 87

New York Third Artillery:--
A, 43
B, 43, 50, 58, 60, 77, 80, 91
C, 43, 91
D, 43
E, 43, 80, 81, 91
F, 43, 77, 91
H, 43
I, 43, 80, 92
K, 43, 80, 81, 92

New York Third Artillery, 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, 43, 44, 50, 66, 77

New York Third Cavalry, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22, 24, 26, 32, 41, 43, 51,
57, 59, 80, 91
A, 46, 91
B, 10, 91
C, 26
D, 43, 46
E, 91
G, 43, 46
K, 10, 13, 22, 58, 61, 68, 69, 91

New York Eighty-eighth Infantry, 15
" Ninety-second Infantry, 15
" Ninety-sixth Infantry, 15, 57, 67, 70, 78

New York Herald, 5, 86

New York Times, 5, 81

New Yorkers, 59

New York, 1, 5

Nicolo, ----, 23

Ninth New Jersey, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 28, 29, 36, 37, 43, 50, 52,
53, 54, 55, 62, 63, 64, 68, 70, 71, 78, 92

North Carolinians, 59

North Carolina, 1, 33, 45, 54, 77, 78, 83, 92

North Carolina Infantry, 16
" Second Cavalry, 59
" Third Cavalry, 16
" Rebel Troops, 60

Ocean Wave, Gunboat, 60, 75, 76

O'Donnell, Rev. John, 87, 89

Ohio, Department of, 85

Old Point Comfort, Va., 84

One Hundred and First Pennsylvania, 15, 78, 92

One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania, 15, 78, 92

Parrott Gun, 74

Peck's, Gen., Brigade, 50

Perkins, Edward J., Death of, 75

Perkins, Lieut. W. W., Death of, 57

Pennsylvania Eighty-fifth Regiment, 15, 78, 92

Pennsylvania One Hundred and First, 15, 78, 92

Pennsylvania One Hundred and Third, 15, 78, 92

Pettigrew, Gen. J. J., 37

Phelps, Col. Walter, Jr., 92

Pickett, Col. Josiah, 90

Pierson, Col. George N., 79, 90

Pioneers, Contraband, 10

Poisoned Bullets, 75

Pond, Capt. N. P., 32

Porter, Col., 19

Provost-Marshal, Major Franklin, 18

Ransom's Twenty-third N. Y. Artillery, 41

Richmond, Col. S. P., 80, 90

Rhode Island Fifth Regiment Infantry, 91

Riggs', William J., Battery, 44

Raleigh, N. C., 16

Roanoke Island, N. C., 83

Rocket Battery, 38

Rogers, ----, 22

Rodman Gun, 13

Sandy Hook, N. J., 83

Savannah, Ga., 85

Schenck, Capt. Theo. H., Battery, 62, 66

Second N. C. Cavalry, 59

Seventeenth Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, 16, 36, 37, 38, 80, 90

Sepoys, 76

Sherman, Gen. W. T., 85

Sleight, Capt. J. C., 41

Snow Hill, N. C., 57

South Carolina Regiments, 39, 44, 48, 54, 56, 57

South Carolina Second Cavalry, 16
" Seventeenth Infantry, 16
" Eighteenth Infantry, 16
" Twenty-third Infantry, 16

Southwest Creek, N. C., 11, 61, 84

Spalding, Capt. S., 88

Sprague, Col. A. B. R., 80, 91

Steamboats:--
Ocean Wave, 60, 71, 76
Allison, 60, 72, 73
North State, 71
Port Royal, 71
Wilson, 71

Stevenson's Brigade, 50, 55

Stevenson, Thomas G. Col., 79, 90

Stevenson, Major R. N., 79

Suffolk, Virginia, 50

Sumter, Fort, S. C., 82, 83

Tar River, 84

Tenth Conn. Volunteer Inf., 18, 21, 51, 71, 79, 92

Third Massachusetts Volunteers, 80, 90

Third New York Artillery, 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, 43, 44, 50, 66, 77

Third New York Cavalry, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 22, 24, 26, 32, 41, 43, 51,
57, 59, 80, 91

Third New York Cavalry:--
Company A, 46, 91
B, 10, 91
D, 26, 43
E, 91
G, 43, 46
K, 10, 13, 22, 58, 61, 68, 69, 91

Trenton, N. C., 61

Trent Road, 50

Trent River, 50

Twenty-third Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers, 16, 54, 57, 80, 90

Twenty-third New York Independent Batteries, 44

Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, 90

Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, 79, 90

Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Inf., 80, 90

Twenty-third New York Independent Battery, 44

Twenty-fourth New York Independent Battery, 44, 77, 80, 92

Union Troops, 58, 59

United States Navy, 71

Vera Cruz, 81

Washington, D. C., 85

Wayne County, N. C., 45, 56

Weldon, N. C., 49

Wells, Capt. Henry A., Death of, 57

Wessell's Brigade, 13, 15, 29, 50, 53, 54, 55, 78

Wessell, Gen. H. W., 15, 59, 65

West Point, 83

Whitehall, N. C., 1, 5, 9, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 40, 43, 52, 77, 84

Whitfield, Capt., 50

Willett's Point, Long Island, 82

Wilmington and Weldon R. R., 49, 58

Wilmington, N. C., 31, 32, 40

Wilson, Capt. John M., 32

Wilson, Henry W., 10

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