84 Nortu Carotina TROOPS, 1861-65.

hich, it will be remembered, were all in our favor. ine
ticak had brought several copies with him and we g —
eee ld nefore starting, to carry the good news wl .
Sarna ha them among the officers and Saree iB .
ticularly favorable item in the papers. - a sional: 0
hour we mounted an ambulance and Jolo ~ Seater
us, informed us that his orders :*
: Bal biaatolded and requested us to tie our handke
at over bs eyes. Colonel Martin remarked that he Lat
f i for Colonel Mix to tie his as it might a Bs
i time when not desired and have the appear — op
Shoe | bad faith. Captain Hughes and I also adop
oe , and Colonel Mix tied all our handkerchiefs. <
eee an hour landed us at General Burnside’s pie
uarters. It was now about half past 4 o’clock. eee
Bovsiside, after reading papers brought Seer oe a ;
i ers.
a es oe ae 6 "Colonel Mix’s sie ete
Colonel Mix afterwards came in and General ae =
said to him he understood he had some late eee ies
Mix said “Yes,” and he would send them in. ¢ Se catia
side made some remark about not caring aie aie ser
it; which was but a poor attempt to conceal his des
Peel Side apologized to us for our eS
He said: “General Foster was temporarily in oa oa ss
it was by his orders; that he never required it. pei “i oe
thought he was ready to _ se —_ being in hi
to come on and try it. ;
Se Ape of matters was that General see
had been ordered, with Generals Parke and Reno, to o ;
force McClellan in Virginia. Several regiments, wer =
from Morehead City during the afternoon, were mare gr y
in order to make the impression on us that the troops at es
Bern were being reinforced. I was surprised to a a oe
many white straw hats worn by the men. Genera an <i
remarked to General Foster, as a regiment passed, t a
would “make those fellows throw away those straw hats,

which Foster said he would do. The generals were not as

prove it I lose five or six men where you

ed:

when they pull the trigger generally bring down the game,

NINETEENTH REGIMENT. 85

courteous to us as the officers of lesser grade had been. They
seemed to be in bad humor. They had heard from Richmond
and other news may have accounted for it.

Salutes on the Fourth of July were being fired frequently.

General Burnside remarked to me: “I suppose you people do

not burn any powder on the Fourth of J uly?’ I replied:
“No, we save it to burn on those who are attempting to de-
prive us of the privileges of the Fourth of J uly.”
He remarked to Colonel Martin, that he “had just returned
from a trip North, and that you could hardly miss the men
absent in the army. This is not the case with you.” Colonel
Martin replied: “No, and that it seemed to prove what he had
often heard said, that ‘Northern people were staying at home
and sending the foreigners to do the fighting.” General Burn-
side replied: “Not at all, but it shows the difference in the
populations of the two sections and the impossibility of the
South’s success. Success would be the worst thing that could
happen for the South. When I aminabad humor I wish the
South would succeed.” Colonel Martin replied that he

“wished he was in a bad humor all the time.” About this

time Generals Foster, Parke and Reno came in.
all in bad temper,

They were
and we spent an hour or so “spatting.”

Some one of us, whenever opportunity offered, would relate
something about the late battles in Vi rginia.
side expressed himself as in favor of

of the war, even to the arming of the
success. We w

General Burn-
a vigorous prosecution

negroes if necessary to
ere surprised to hear this as General Burnside
was represented as opposed to negro soldiers. During our
confab, General Burnside turned to me and said rather

sharply: “To what command do you belong?’ TI replied:
“The Second North Carolina Cavalry.” “Yes,” says he, “You
are the fellows who are shooting my pickets. I detest such
warfare ; if a man wishes to fight let him come out like a man
and show himself and not creep up like he was hunting a tur-
key.” TI replied: “Your men began this mode and now you
are complaining of it.” He replied: “It is not so, and to

lose one.” TI answer-
“That only preves that our men are the best shots, and