The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-28
prospects are, aud what your hopes aud fears are.
lam, &c, yous.
A. 5. NJ.
Col. L. y. Vance, Ncwbcrn. " &.



How Newbcrn was Taken.
The following letter is from one Of the ,cr
scouts who preceded the skirmishcr' in tho sd.
vance ON Newborn, and contains several items
OF ncws not heretofore Published in any Of the
papers, as well as romc gr,yhic descriptions Of
much interest.
Nrrsr HyrH March (,houO I7th. leg.
btNN MrtUtE w hem 10 WIS rufr,uf1, re-
ported that Ncwacrn wa Co. lc % cu,Nt ,cs,iua-
ron ot our expedition. doubted DC tor the fs,-
.on 1t was mad" so public, lut b. proved correct.
The expedition numbered about II, 1000 soldiers.
besides sailor, and others. The start va, DELAYED
uutu hate lu the Afternoon, bv reason ui th,
Large steamer Louisiana ruuuiug u.ruul. SUP
Vo,rd to hc dome putp-cIN hy thr usptniu.
bllilWurc1n, WHO Was l,Iusul .l uuurd
Anchored Usilc llnitrris during jho ui.hG left
again about \. Nj. n,rrss and down tbo lty.
entering this riNrr ut evening and anchored
about L. miles hyluw the ,it,. ou the opposite
-tIr. The landing ct troops was effected the
urN morning. The l,uul oats h,,m. ,heucd
iho woods BOO the vicinity, thv ordinance. Wa ta-
ken UP about noon. | went with ~, ~ b,lu,t
apparently my ouly way tu du ANYTHING in this
expedition. We soon camc acruss the
quarters ui CaNtlty company, with
every arprarJucc It having h.u vacated
/ IN haste. IhrN were good, substantial huts ~
all ih, camp, HAT haNrNvt seen nlc, built as
| though the occupants IiI not ,Ni,yt o. hr di'.
turhcd. Che rc'rl "llDmc GuIrus ara l.rttiui,
more than they hurgumri for u this state
Tie main road was soon gained, the head ui tho
column throwing up rockets to iu ate to the
ilcrt uur position, they ,hnlliu, ahead.
Muu' five mlrs from thr landing we're the
! first mrourhmrut., Which We an supposed,
Wh'h ID. a r"nu. tu lr the railroad cuhtuAucu',
% hriuE learned from IN, N"vtu.s that Il va.
upwards uI q mtl' IN ru.th Two r,,1u,i,r.
/ had u.yull lil, hut rclu,d On uur approach
lh. g.. and VI. H. X. was g..ucl, a
Nv Iu,s further On. Here tho Amy
/ s'lpti", our dNr.uu proceeding along
I tl' tr..k, the other two ly the tv.i which ran
parallel tu o. AZ short distances hv.r.. au in
/ pendent, rhu,r tire track us tho best vulNing.
/ y ms ,uur m.l,s wurr madr hcl. l.rc a,lk, uul the
I suuluuuE ol tho halt. And Low W. ia "a
/ rH klr u MI hcvu raining utl and uu dlriu,,
. itn1tv but it now pHurrd | had Ip blankets,
and uu,hin, To eat, having started lmurdI
and not expecting to stay all night Nicp was
/ uuj ut the question. passed the ui,.h' 900 -ttt
iug from one pudllc tp muth,r, tu vain at
/ tcmp,' touNuid the great drup, from tie trees,
/ which sPlnsh"l IN my ears like tea cup full. -
. | was right glad whru morning broke, ami A.
had hut iill' preparation ln make, was Hllr I,
tall IN with Oh" ten advance men who were
ahead ui the .kduiehor-. In less than hali ai
. hour We uncovered the utrcuthmcufs. Ny.uul,
| hardly mak" them cut at ur.i it being rnthrl
misty. We NiW collection II men uu Tho track
aud halted, duul ling whether they mght not b,
the advance at the other division, come uut OH
the track. But now there came u htii dozen
. nHs-urs right out from tho iu,r,ughuuuts aud
I run so hard that We could hardly hull un To
/ them, while t,rn. Reno, who had iu-t come M
/ questioned them. They said the men wc saw
were mounting cannon just received from the
/ city. We could see the steam ilum 'hc lpyum,-
/ tive hc'iui them. \ very iutclli CENT d,rkcy
!. a i1t..t8. fl fl..l
that they sail their right Cour lctt,) wus thc
4 ouly place thcy feared. Ca thi, the General of-
] d,rrd The kItmi.hrrs to tire ard fall into the
roads on the left, tu take the positions sIuLuu Il
/ 10y the dmkics. ! waited now for the regiment
| to come uu, aS ! yet had arm, to procure. Aud
NOW one long peal Of muskrty hrukr uut ON uur
ri,hl, winch tull us that our Thld div i,iun- had
| commenced tie battle. | now fell In with th,
] 5l,t \. !. Regiment, and remained with IL Until
/ the place was taken. A. soon ~ they c.uI'
/ under lire, gotta ride. Tie hill overlooked ~,
, battle, AMI We could plainly see tie rebel, NJ
. iL,v l, Hlun- the main line Of their work and
I they afforded much better marx than
| tho beads # those in the small batteries
hctw,cn ~. There was one continued roar oi
uhrlN, mtor. p,rsnd every tN seconds ~
] the clash # cannon, for, think, four hours,
| whyu they broke aud ian. Bat short time
tlrN 'pcut there, aud the march taken up for tie
rit,, now plainly indicated. ut ~ 3 miles die
. 2
ltilr WAS burning, tut | w.s fortunate enough
tor.t Carried Ectp.s in small huat. The s,yuv
lrltgIi# description. But four on the white in
Mh.tau!s r'muuol Ih,y property was re-
sru. .'cd 40 else was plundurrl The uil,;cs
h.h hi.h carnival. The rchcl General hat
is ned orlo.s for every citizen To burn his
oWn property, but with the exception
u, Ice Stones oi cotton AMI resin, u hotel, and 10
g." pr,uc houses the order wns not compll,d
ulh \ uly al valuablns hnd honn removed.
! w., we'll tired Whnn night came, und had a
luuI sleep ON a guhptt.
| would think, from what suw, that our
10. wa, about 100 TO loo Of the rebels, uul
u pTupuriionatc number wounded | think
the rchrl-, cunsi.lrrinR their homes w.rr
wrrc in danger, acted with mo.ldi. graceful cow
nrdiuc. lL'y abandoned cnurciy oue line ui
worh., and dil not impede our march by skir-
misliug They had nearly as many mcu ns
we, hchiul brraslworks, aud plenty uf cannon,
wro We had none. To-day camr across road
runu,nl, along the beach, which was evidently
/ the one they expected us 10 advance iy.
For 81 milo. trees were iillnd and all, ts du-
Tic river bank is lined hy battrrr. all ,' which
were avoided. JAMS.