20 Norta CaroLina TROOPS, 1861-65.

sired. Foster had returned two days sooner than anticipated
and was to leave that very morning with a force most accu-
rately detailed on the sheet before me, on an expedition,
having, in my opinion, the railroad bridge at Weldon for its
objective point. The object of my expedition being thus
frustrated, I returned immediately to Kinston, and gave the
information I had procured through the intrepid daring of
‘one of New Bern’s daughters to the officer in command.
Steps were promptly taken by the General commanding the
department, and such an array of troops were placed in front
and upon the flanks of the Federal General as caused him
rapidly to retrace his steps. The lady’s name appended to
that note has never been told—her secret has been locked in
my breast—my superior officer, respecting my motive in de-
siring to keep it, only requiring my pledge that the writer
was worthy of credit. I doubt if the writer of that note
knew into whose hands it fell or the good it accomplished.
When I state that she was a young lady, tenderly reared,
and then in the very morning of her maidenhood, her night
ride at great personal risk, to convey useful information, can

be properly appreciated.
Srzepnen D. Poot.

Norz.—The above is taken from Vol. 4, p. 123 of ‘Our Living and
Our Dead.” Recent investigation shows that a-young lady living in New
Bern sent the letter out (written probably with milk, which a hot iron
will disclose) by another lady living in the country who could pass the
pickets, and she delivered it to the messenger in the manner stated.
Both ran great risk.—Eb.

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