The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 57
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CHn. LIX.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. 57
of roads between Best's Station and Goldsborough, and whether any
of them had been used by the enemy's cavalry. The scouting party
has just reported, and states that the enemy (cavalry) was upon the
two roads (marked upon the inclosed map) running between the two
Snow Hill roads one week ago, but that none have been seen since.
He also reports that the Twelfth New York Cavalry had a skirmish
with the enemy yesterday at Sharon's Mill. The roads are marked
upon the map just as he (the officer) found them.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. A. VAN DEURSEN,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant.-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WILMINGTON,
Wilmington, N. C., March 29, 1865.
Lieutenant-Colonel COLVIN,
Commanding 169th New York Volunteers:
SIR: Under instructions this day received from Major-General Terry,
I have the honor to direct that you post your battalion at Northeast
Ferry in such a way as best to protect the railroad and pontoon bridge
and the railroad above. You will make your camp on the north side of
Northeast River, near the railroad, but between that and the ferry road.
You will keep careful guard over the provisions that may be landed
there; protect and assist the engineers, and protect the railroad above.
Lieutenant Wilson, commanding the detachment on the south side of
the river, will turn over his instructions. He will be relieved, so it will
[be necessary] for you [to place] a guard on the south side also. As you
are likely to be there two or three weeks, you can make a comfortable
camp. You are most strictly enjoined to permit no straggling and no
plundering of the inhabitants. You will report to these headquarters
daily, in writing, all matters of interest. The remainder of your brigade
is on the railroad above you, guarding it.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOS. R. HAWLEY,
Brigadier- General, Commanding.
P. S.-After you have been there a day or two and established your
pickets, come down here for further instructions. Have you a map?
I think you need fear nothing more than a raiding party.
J. R. H.
HDQRS. DEPT. OF NORTH CAROLINA, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Goldsborough, N. C., March 29, 1865.
Brig. Gen. I. N. PALMER,
New Berne, N. C. :
Order the Twenty-third New York Independent Battery to march to
this place under escort of any troops coming to the front, and report
for further orders to Bvt. Maj. Gen. William F. Barry, chief of artillery,
Military Division of the Mississippi. If the battery has not enough
horses and mules for the march, have some mules temporarily trans-
ferred to it.
By order of Major-General Schofield:
J. A. CAMPBELL,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/57/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.