54 Nortu Carotina Troops, 1861-’65.

General Butler busied himself in chuckling and talking
familiarly to the officers in the after saloon. His aim seemed
to be to make himself free and easy with everybody, and to
appear to be very clever.

The wounded were brought to the after part of the upper
saloon, and arranged in beds as comfortable as possibly, with
passage ways between. There were fourteen or fifteen, some
of them very badly wounded. Only one made much ado,
most of them lying perfectly quiet. They were heroes.

The state-rooms were assigned to the officers, but it was a
late hour before many of them could gét to bed. The one
servant having more than he could do. When I got hold of
him there was not a room to be had. The servant, however,
told me to follow him. I did so, through various apartments
of the ship, and finally found myself in the ladies sleeping
saloon, where the berths and sheets were very nice. An old
negro woman was there in her night clothes and seemed very
much astonished at our advent. She rubbed her eyes and
shifted her quarters. Lieutenant Allen, Ordnance Officer,
was with me. We were soon asleep, and had a good night’s
rest.

Tomas Sparrow.

Harreras, N. C.,
29 August, 1861.

Nore.—At the date of this action Major Sparrow was Captain Company
G, Seventeenth Regiment N. C. T.—Ep.

CHICAMACOMICO.

4 OCTOBER, 1861.

By E; C. YELLOWLY, Lizvrenant-Cotonen Sixty-E1cnta REGIMENT
NortH Caro.ina Troops,

“Sure enough off we went F riday morning last. We got
on board our steamers and transports the evening before and
lay at anchor off the island until 2 o’clock next morning.
Our forces consisted of the Second Georgia and our regiment,
and a small detachment of the Seventh North Carolina Vol-
unteers (later Seventeenth Regiment. Ep.), all under com-
mand of Colonel A. R. Wright, of the Georgia Regiment, as
senior officer. At daylight, we were in sight of Chicamacom-
ico, where it was supposed that the’ enemy was encamped. Our
steamers, commanded by Commodore Lynch, took position
about three and a half milesfrom the shore, as near as he could
get; and commenced firing towards the woods with his rifled
cannon to drive the enemy from cover. This firing was kept
up for an hour, when Colonel Wright, with his Georgians on
some boats, commenced to land. The enemy saw him coming
and hegan to run, leaving everything behind them, except
their arms and accoutrements. We took everything, besides,
they had. Their tents, camp equipages, haversacks, blan-
kets, provisions, ete. This paper I am writing on was taken
from them. You must keep it as a relic.

Our boys found Bibles, likenesses, paper and a great many
things of like character. They found great numbers of let-
ters, which they kept and read. Some were funny, some
vulgar, some from sweethearts, fathers, mothers, sisters,
brothers and friends. And some written by the soldiers,

Norr.—At the time Yellowly was Captain Company G, Eighth Regi-
ment. He was promoted to Major, August, 1863 and to Lieutenant-
Colonel Sixty eighth Regiment October, 1863. He wasa leading lawyer
in Greenville. N. C., and died some years since. This article is taken
from a letter he wrote to a relative 8 October, 1861, four days after the
events he rarrates.—Ep.