Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-11-07


All of the Transports fully armed and have
board to work the guns Several transports added
the feet Fortress Monroe and the entire Atlantic squad
ron will cooperate with the expedition.
The expedition consists in all OF eighty vessels. Of these
twenty six ale gunboats twelve feryboats aud thirty steam
and SIX sailing transports
LIST OF OFFICERS.
BIgadier- enersl Thomas W. Sherman, Coz handing.
DIVISION STAFF.
Capt cuis H. Felouze, q. s. A. Acting Assistant Ad-
Lieut.. Geo. Merrill, U. s. Volunteers, Abide Camp.
lieut. James Magner 2Sth Massachusetts, Volunteers Aid
Capt Rufus saxton, U. s. A., Chief Qaartermaster
Capt Herbert Hascall, U. S. a, Assistant Quarter
matter.
Capt CHARLES E. Fuller u s. A. Assistant Qaartermas.
Capt Michael Morgan, ASS Com. ub., U. 9. A. Chief
capt Quincy A. Gilmore U. S. Engineers Chief Erg'r
! Lieut. J. A. Tardy, Jr U. S. Eugineers Assistant En-
Lieut. P. II. 0'Eorke !. 8. Engineers, Assistant Eng
neer.
Surgeon George f. Cooper U. s. A., Medical Director.
| Lieut.. r. j. Skunk, o $. A. Chief of Ordinance.
! Lieut.. Jaales Fl. Wilson, u S. A, Chief OF Top Ens
Lieut. Theodore j. Dnmont, U. S. Volunteers Assistant
! 81 1nal Officer.
Major j. L.. Hewitt. Major T. r. Pangborn Ma Or Russell
Errett, Paymasters.
These Il carry besides their full crews, force
about thousand soldiers half of them the best trained
troops CT GeH. NcCIeans command. The cry that the
army General Mcclellan needed hch has fOl
many weeks yexed impatient souls. Is now explained
1t land forces but naval expedition ira
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only that Others better drilled and experienced
mig BIT be sent to Annapolis in readiness to embark in the
ships Of the exreditOn Thus, from time to time by the
patriotic readiness of the people to respond to cal, The
precise purpor of which they did not quite comprehend
large force Of the soldiers had We need say
that these troops well armed andaby Offered Neither
complete in arms of all kinds in great guns shot she'll
ann ntion and all the parapharnala OF war
aEN, HORSES, MATERIAL, sc
The infantry equipments put board sufficient for al
least thousand They include everything necessa
ry to prepare the soldier.
Of artillery ammunition there are reaiy immense quan
ties Several of the larger transports nearly laden with
these materials and thousands of shells were sent on fol
this port well shot, canister and every variety u
| deadly missiles
Of horses the expedition has nearly fifteen hundred
They are mostly on board the Great Republic Vanderbilt
Ocean Queen Baltic and Ericsson One ship takes as sup
plies these animals eight thousand bags OF oats and
this other vessels further supplies OF oats and
corn while many tons of hay divided among the trans
Two thousand bushels of Cumberland coal have beer
taken along This coal of the finely broken kind used by
smiths in their forges because it gives quick and very
intense heat.
Besides the tw wheeled dumping carts already men
toRed there also great number OF handearts anc
barrows especially of the latter. OF course eEry too
in constructing earhworks is found in this immense
three or four transports are partially laden with brick
mostly fire These probably to be used in con
ucntion with the fire Cumberland coal for heating shot
Camp stoves are cheaper handler and quickly set
for cooking purposes and the brick most probably t
be used constructing furnaces to heat redhot shot, Will
which the great coumbiads will do good execution
OF the army force we can give no completes account;
portion of the troops were detailed from Gen. Mcclellan
army regiments sailed directly from New York
more from Boston, and few understand from othe
points between these cities. The regiments, so far as
have bee to ascertain, given below Our list
necessa iy neOwi lete. -
THE III TOR, are under command OF Gen Thomas F."
ShernA, able and distinguished officer who enere
West Point in 1882. He is distinguished artier
officer, and brevetted for gallant and merltor1o1
conduct in the battle OF BueHa VISTA He is native
Rhode Island
General Shermans headquarters board the steam
err Atlantic, which carries 1000 troops besides be
/ own crew.
Three brgades of the land force commanded by Cen
Viele Stevens and Wright.
Egbert l., Vele graduated from the West Point oil
tarv Academy in the year ls42 and cassmate of Gel
Mcclellan. he served in the Mexican War, ard in 1858
his commission accept the tion of chief
neer of the State of Jersey Hs is considered an alb
and experienced officer and at SO years Of age ranks as
Brigadier General.