The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1862-11-15
PORT ROYAL S. c. SATURDAY, NOV. Is, 1862. Price
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HEADQUARTERS U. s. FORCES, |

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CAPTAIN Il have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing report of the part taken by the troops un
der my command in the Expedition to Pocotaligo
Oh the 21st, 22d, aud 23d nit.
Ny force consisted of five hundred and fourteen
officers and men of theTth Regiment Conn. Vols,
under Col. Joseph K. Hawley, temporarily organ
lied as six comp mics; four hundred and eighty
officers and men of the Sd Regt. New Hampshire
Vols, under Col. John II. jackson, organized as
six companies four hundred and twenty officers
and men of the 10Th Regt. Penna. Vols., under
Col. D. c. Strawbridge, also organized as six
companies; foar companies of the Sd r. l. Artil-
lery under Major H. Rogers Jr., and section of
HaniE on's Battery (stE,l ofthe Sd Art'y y. 5. A.
A detachment of the Volunteer Engineek Regi-
ment, two hundred and fifty strong, under COM
1aand, nand Of Col ~, W also the
On arriving at Mackc's Point, Col. Serreu was
attached to the staff Of the General Commanding,
and 1t. Col JamcsF Hall upon whomthe command
of the detachment deyolved, was ordered to report
to me-
The embarkation from this Point was effected
during the afternoon of the 2lst, and was complet
ed at dusk, the troops being distributed on the
transports as follows:
The 7th Conu. on the transport Boston; the 3d
New Hampshire on the Boston and the grlnboatS
p, iroon and Uncas; The 10th Penn. Vols. on the
transport Flora and gunboat IVaterUitch; the Sd
r. l. Artillery on the gnboats Marbehead and
! Viren; the VoluuteS Engineers on the armed
I drtnlery on one OF es.sFs' colftFucscd for tie
! purpose.
After the embarkaton the vessels Of the Expc-
dition moved into the places, prescribed by the
order Of sailing.
Between nine and ten O'Clock in the evening
received verbal order from the Brgadier General
| Commanding, to detail one hundred and seven Of
ficers and men to cmba in the b, ats OF the men
of war, and proceed to and beyond Mackies
Point and cndeavor to capture the cnemy's out
posts in that vicinity In accordance with this Or
der I detailed for this service two officers and
seventy-fve men, from the 1th Conn. Vols, and
two officers and thirty-twO men OF the Sd n. ii.
Vols.
Captain GRAY of the 7th Conn. with ninety-fre
men, was directed to proceed up Broad River be-
yond Mackie's Point and land in the rear OF the
pickets and cut off their retreat in the drectonof OF
! Pocetalgo. The remaining twelve men under
command of Lieut. S. NJ. Smith Of the Sd Regt.
n. H. Vols. were directed to proceed up the Pocc-
taligo River, and capture the pickets upon Bray's
| Island have received no written report from
Captain Gray, but | learned from him verbally
| that under the guidance of the negro guide fur
Lnjshed to him. he assembled BrOal River some three
/ miles above Mackie's Font, a distance much be-
yond the proper point for landing, and when the
error was discovered it was too late to effect his
object. 1t. Smith was more fortunate ne iandeu
undiscovered, and by ajudicious disposition OF his
men succee led in capturing one lieutenant and
three men of the enemy, together with their horses.
enclose Lieut.. Smiths report.
Owing to the sailing signal being unobscryed or
misunderstood, much confusion and delay occur
red in the movements Of the vessels on which my
command was embarked, and they did not arrive
at the point Of debarkaton until long after the
anticipated time. The Boston, on which were my
own Headquarters, did not arrive until nearly
O'Clock A NJ of the d, and the gunboats Mar
blehcad and H'aterwitch were delayed until very
late period of the day.
Upon nv a. rival found that the debarkation of
the troops already arrived WIS proceeding, and
Immediately commenced landing the men upon my
I own vessel
I here received orders from the General COM
manding to form my own brigade in column, right
in front Immediately in rear Of the first brigade,