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52 Norta Carorina Troops, 1861-’65.

Commodore Barron called a council of officers and submit-
ted the matter. He drew a final proposal and submitted it.
We discussed it. There was no alternative but to surrender
unconditionally, except that we were to be treated as prison-
ers of war. The terms were to be arranged on the flag-ship.

Commodore Barron, Colonel Martin and Major Andrews
were taken by one of the smaller steamers off to the M innesota
to arrange the particulars. They then surrendered their
swords to Commodore Stringham and did not return to the
fort.

GENERAL B. F. BUTLER.

This worthy, with his blue coat and brass buttons, his lop-
eyelids, and swaggering, fussy, waddling mien, came to re-
ceive the surrender of the fort and to embark the prisoners.

The Adelaide and another large passenger boat came into
the inlet for this purpose, besides several of the tug boats.

I was introduced to General Butler at the door of the of-
fiers’ tent. Forgetting myself, and indulging in my usual
politeness, I said, when shaking his hand, “TI a glad to. see
you, sir.” He replied in a familiar cabal td A That is not
true; you are not glad to see me.” “Oh! no,” said I, slap-
ping him on the shoulder, “I forgot myself. I am not glad
to see you. I beg your pardon.”

Major Andrews (who had returned) ordered all the Cap-
tains to form their companies for the General’s inspection,
and to stack arms. We formed on the parapet facing the
inlet near the sally-port. Formed in two ranks and stacked
arms. Companies formed in different parts of the forts.
The enemy landed near a thousand of their forces and formed
from the sound side up to the sally-port, on one side of the
causeway.

The General (Butler) inspected my men, as also the rest.
I offered him my sword. He refused to receive it, and told
me to hang it on the muskets, which I did. The other officers
did the same. ;

Some one asked him if he were not going to march his
men in before we marched out. His reply was, “No, I will
never take possession until the men who have made so gallant

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a defence have marched out.”

mark.

My company was about the second that left the fort. We

o ranks in the causeway from the sally-port
The gun-boat Fanny was at the landing to re-
celve us and take us to the Adelaide, anchored in the road-

also formed in tw
to the sound.

stead. General Butler superintended the embarkation him-
self—stood at the landing—passing and giving orders, boat-
swain’s mate or boss workman totally destitute of all dignity
or propriety.

It was an hour before we were all on board. While stand-
ing in line I gave C. K. Gallagher my torn coat to carry
home, and wrote a hasty note to my wife. He had been re-
leased by General Butler and they promised to set him across
the inlet. This they never did, but took him as prisoner to
Fortress Monroe.

As we embarked on the Fanny the German mercenaries

marched in.. They raised the Stars and Stripes in several

plawes on the bomb-proof, and formed on the parapet from
sally-port to sally-port, one dense mass. Cheer after cheer
rent the air, and they fired a salute of thirteen guns, some of
them as they had been shotted by ourselves. I saw the grape
scatter across the water from one on that face of the fort.

The Adelaide is one of the Norfolk and Baltimore bay
steamers, a fine boat and the one on which I traveled with
my family on the way to Illinois. She was anchored about
half a mile from the shore. The forces were taken on the
gnn-boat Manny and taken off to her, I went in the first boat.
The men were confined to the lower deck, and the officers and
wounded were assigned to the upper or berth saloon.

Officers and men had been without food since early morn-
ing, and were very hungry, an unfortunate circumstance, as
no arrangements had been made to feed us on the Adelaide,
Even water was scarce, and this we were greatly in need of.
Servants were scarce, there being only one man servant for
the whole force. After an hour or two we had a tolerable

supper, rather scant, and the men had to be content with a
little bread. They were glad to get this.

The only honorable senti-
ment I have ever heard attributed to him. JI heard the re-

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