82 Nort Carotina Troops, 1861-65.

2101 4 ac 2mM0: 0 nO: 1 5 a
no. have ur le a dem ns rati n the next ry ming nd were
amazed t 0 find us all decamped. These facts we kne Ww then
fr m ce int fiven y ew str golers ken up c8)

a f age ta mn our

0 accov Ss > b >
maren and since then we h ave seen par ties W ho cer tify to the
same hia o, men who were eye witnesses 4 KK .
r | S> y a nd k new

EVANS MILL.

After this transaction we were ordered back to our ea
where we rested until about the last of ——— Ww eh: Pees
* work he Tar river, doing only picke ;
back to our work on the oe
in G 1 antime was keeping his p
Captain Gray in the mean .
ig 7ee Roanoke as far down as
straight between the f —
z ’s creek he Tar. The companie
and Tranter’s creek on t Piptits be!
ighborhood of Kinston in October an
dered to the neighborhood o ee
i inter ‘ters; this work was soon finishe
to build winter quarters ; ;
cept regular picket duty nothing of mets ee
shtick: the winter, so the next ae Sane ; . a a
-eady for activ full work, and they got it. é
was ready for active and a
ee Banos and Ransom demonstrated as pe as eA : :
% New : sent us down to the m1
below New Bern. They sen “4
sia the block house where we surrounded the eae = _ -
ing them leave and only getting two
block house, making them y 8 an
and a mee and about fifty of as fine chickens nn om .
Coming back over to our old camp es only nes ak ss
r rder was t from General De
rest before an order was sent f Bgtratis
him at a specified time at Williamston. oe no oe
iller vas in command of Gr
‘olonel of Artillery and was in eh
sone and the Seventh Confederate oe ae = c
if neo tillery carried on the field) at th
battery (if not all the ar . agen
a isplayed in that engagem
le of Plymouth. He disp =
payer of that branch of the service as sare cooln
and discretion as he could ng he been 60 see ee “ He
Virginia officer, no one w
Though a young Virginia 0 icer, NO ee
- Jeserves to be said of his generous 1 0
suv more than ceser e ay
his stately and manly qualities of head and heart, we esi
thine and affectionate appreciation of the — re
pg w] e - :
of his friends and companions 1n arms. aap li par a
R. E. Lee, to see him one time was to always know
Ee Lae JU, Y ‘

him.

SEVENTYy-Firru REGIMENT, 83

CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH AND WASHINGTON.

Major Kennedy was not present at the disposition of the
troops to make the assault on the town of Plymouth, but ar-
rived in time to find where the command of Dearing was
placed and went in. A portion of Griffin’s Regiment, also
the Seventh Confederate, were occupying positions to the
right and soon it became necessary to change and cross Cona-
by creek in order to cut off any who might attempt to leave the
town in the direction indicated, as many were already passing
over in the hope to save themselves from being captured.
Many were so badly frightened that when asked to halt
and surrender they kept running and were fired upon and
killed ; but I saw none killed who promptly obeyed the order

to halt. The troops under Dearing’s command, it is allowa-
ble to say, contributed their

full share in proportion to num-
bers in the h

asty reduction of the little town, and while there

were quite a number killed and wounded we were truly glad
to see it no worse, and to be convinced that victorious as we
were, mercy had not been dethroned.

The next day the march was taken up for Washington on’
the Tar river, and being familiar with the country, Major
Kennedy was ordered to proceed at once with that portion of
the Sixty-second Georgia present and the Seventh Confed-
erate was sent with him and we were followed by Colonel
Mayo’s infantry regiment. We found no obstruction until
Wwe came to the works near the town. A few shots and a
charge disposed of all forces in our front and we went quietly
in and taking the gallop down to the river a few shots were
fired at the transports as they made their way slowly down
the river. The rejoicings of the inhabitants of the once
lovely and beautiful little town ean be better imagined than
described. No people in the State nor any where else had
more of the milk of human kindness in their hearts and could

come nearer making a stranger feel like he was at home. We
had seen and knew some of them before the war and also quite
a number in the surrounding country, who y

vere equal to the
occasion at all times when generous kindness was in demand.
A courier from De

aring ordered us off and the next morn-
ing we breakfasted at Mr. Bradford Perry’s, on the road to