Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-03-18


we returned to Roanoke Island the same
evening.
The next day, it raiued furiously. /
went to shore to report myself, aud got per-
mission Of Gen. Reno to stay on she Cos
sack until Monday. l returned just in
time to 60 with Capt. Beune, to Gen B1rn-
Sides quarters, where. Or. Church, Brig
ado Surgeon, ordered Us to get out Of the
Cos.ack as soon as possible, as they wished
ts famiga;c it, aud prepare it for rccep
ton Of troops. sen. word to the Com
pauy TO come OF as best they could, aud
started on ny way back to Camp Buzz
side to get qulrters. a weary three mile
tramp-the il was crowded-aEd ltried 20
gs, some tents of. went to the beach,
got in boat, and triel 70 get tug-but
at last made the Cosaack Just as the Com
play were l1Warel 10 the surf boats.
Then back to camp, aad all | could do was
to get an order for the use Of the New Jer-
sey tents lying in Fort Park. 1t vas past
dark as met ny Company making their
way to camp, turaed men back, and down
along the sandy shore to the fort. Capt.
Cbcsusy, Co. II Oh New jersey, WAS
garrisouiug the fort, ard when We got there
found the tents had no poles. So we put
them over log cook house, spread them
on the ground, and thought we we're cafe.
But during the uight il rained most fuEi-
ously, flooded the ground, poured in the
cregices, and made things most miserable.
The New Jersey boys treated Us sPeu1itly
made coffee for all Of US that night, late
as it WAS, and the next morning. We
shall never forget this kind treatment, and
it will always be reminder to Us to do as
we we're done by. No one can conceive
how miserably wrstched We were, until
they try it.
The next day, vas Sunday, dark and
lowering. We received orders to release
the New Jersey Company in the fort.
Meanwhile, we found house, just below,
which, in the absence Of the cwuer had
been completely gutted-wiudows broken
cut, partitions dem, doors torn off. All
day Sunday we worked hard fixing it up
put up partitions, boarded up the win
dows, aud BY evening were most comfort
ably fxed-more SO than at any time since
We left Anuapolis.-Tdat is how it comes
| asked the man to stake dinner in his
own house" Since theu, we have learned
that he was Captain Of Company on the
Island in the Rebel service, and we now
feel no compunc;ion in using it as we
please. 1t is one Of the Oldest settled pla-
ces on the Island, the yard opens on to the
beach, we have fac view Of tie Sound,
the shipping, and, most glorious Of all, the
sunsets are remarkably beautiful. The
part Of the house We occupy. had 30 CHM
ney, and We put up stove, cutting pipe
hole through the side. The only annoy
ancs is the wind, which is variable, aud at
times furious Lieut.. Shorklsy bull: a
wooden chimney as high as the house,
which, true to Rebellion, iDeontinen;ly
burnt down. The Lieut.. quietly remarked
'Iit took two trips 20 make sale, and bss
succeeded in overcoming part of difficulty.
Ifevsr the sketch We haze made gets home,
you will not fail to observe the chimney.
i have heretofore carefully sb-;ained
from any illusions 70 army movement. or
positions. All think that can properly
write, is personal narratives. From the
papers, however, it seems to me there are
some mistakes as to Elizabeth City ard
Winton. Elizabeth City was not burned,
SO far rs could sec or ascertain from in
Gury from the Rebel officers The efec-
tual blow there was The destruction Of the
Rebel guuboats, which would have been
serious inconvenience to Us, if permitted to
exist in these waters. From there, they
pole their boats several miles up the river
to the FIRST lock of tho Dismal Swamp
canal. As to WiutoD, when the Commo-
dore ran up in the Delaware, there were
men and women on the shore waving to
them. A asg of trnco vas hoi.ted, and
the Captain was just l,waTisg boat to 60
ashore, when they treacherousiy opened
upon hin with mu,ketry and cannon, CON-
pletely riddling tho upper works, bat not
materially iujuring. He dropped down to
The other gun boats, and they dropped
further down about nine miles. The next
morning, about nine o'clock, they got up
steam, went Up to the city, threw some
she'll into the town, and landed tho Uaw.
kin Zouaves. They found the Rebels had
precipitately left, dropping arms and ac-
coutremeDts-in some places had evidently
jumped up from dinners, kicking over
chairs, leaving their knives and forks as
they dropped them. They found de-
spatches from the Secretary of War of
Rebellion, aud papers announcing the news
Of Fort Donelson. That is the first news I