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Many of the latter, white and black, abandoned the breach and fled under a scourging flank fire of Wise's Brigade." This is confusion worse confounded. It is difficult to find a paragraph containing so many blunders as the report of General Johnson to Colonel Roman. The Sixty-first North Carolina of Hoke's Brigade was not present during the day, except at Sander's charge two hours afterwards.
At the office all the morning, and at noon to Wise's about my viall that is a-doing, and so home to dinner and then to the office, where we sat all the afternoon till night, and I late at it till after the office was risen.
BY COLONEL F.W. McMASTER. In order to understand an account of the battle of the "Crater," a short sketch of our fortifications should be given. Elliott's Brigade extended from a little branch that separated it from Ransom's Brigade on the north, ran three hundred and fifty yards, joining Wise's Brigade on the south.
"What a difference!" said I, getting up; "last night I was feted in the hall of a rich genius, and to-night I am knocked down and mired in a dark lane by the heel of Master Wise's horse I wonder who gave him that name? And yet he was wise enough to wreak his revenge upon me, and I was not wise enough to keep out of his way. Well, I am not much hurt, so it is of little consequence."
The column from New Bern was attacked on the 8th of March, at Wise's Forks, and driven back with the loss of several hundred prisoners. On the 11th the enemy renewed his attack upon our intrenched position, but was repulsed with severe loss, and fell back during the night. On the 14th the Neuse River was crossed and Kinston occupied, and on the 21st Goldsboro' was entered.
The bright waters below me seemed to cool my red, fiery eyes, and a sort of blessed blindness fell for a time upon me, so that, when I looked again my lashes were wet. The prospect was truly beautiful. Far to the west, standing out from the chalky bluffs, were scattered the white camps of Wise's Confederate brigade.
My habit was to keep my own headquarters well at the front, and I had purposed moving them from Gum Swamp to Wise's Forks on the 7th, but during the day I received word that General Schofield had arrived at Beaufort from Wilmington, coming by sea.
Wise's house and well were within the camp of the division to which the Twenty-first Massachusetts belonged, and the burial party there would have been from that division. He acquits Burnside and McClellan of the alleged injustice, saying they "follow the corps report in this respect."
Orders for the Kanawha expedition The troops and their quality Lack of artillery and cavalry Assembling at Gallipolis District of the Kanawha Numbers of the opposing forces Method of advance Use of steamboats Advance guards on river banks Camp at Thirteen-mile Creek Night alarm The river chutes Sunken obstructions Pocotaligo Affair at Barboursville Affair at Scary Creek Wise's position at Tyler Mountain His precipitate retreat Occupation of Charleston Rosecrans succeeds McClellan Advance toward Gauley Bridge Insubordination The Newspaper Correspondent Occupation of Gauley Bridge.
I therefore directed Carter to make his main line in front of Wise's Forks as solid as possible, concentrating his artillery near the Dover road, and to limit the activity of the advanced regiment to bold skirmishing, drawing it back to the main line as the enemy advanced in force.
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