Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-03-25
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NiADguAmHRs WRIGHT BRlGADg, f. c.. }
Steamer Empire city, March "a, 1862 {
tRlfNp WILLARD Tins is q bright and beau.
,iul morning, and we are approaching fernan-
dina, Florida expecting 90 make an attack on
thr te.sto-day. Cen Wright brigade fcln.
NsuuL 0t the 9th Conn. 4th \. H., 9th Penn.
and "th Maine regiments went On board trans
ports az Hilton Head Jan. DIST. We Law in the
uarh0r during gale until the 26th, when we
leii tor Warsaw Sjuud Georgia, to make re.
eouaoissance and leint up the LITTLE Tybce and
Wilmington rivers. At The same tme part Of
G,ucra Alelc'> brigade, with guuhuats went
through Scull Creek on the north OF Savannah
River, To try and effect passage through Wallis
tut into it, and also erect battery on Jones
Island, SO as TO cut of communication between
Fort Pulaski aud savannah The battery was
finished about the 10Th 0t February. but think
She guntoais have not yet been able To 20 into
the savannah River although our batteries have
Shut Pulaski 0ut IA thc cold our brigade
landed On Warsaw Island, and remained there
and 90 board the transports in Warsaw Sound
until feb - th, having waited for the Navy
about tbiee weeks to get ready, when we LETT
Warsaw sound with as large % lleet ct guub1ats
as we bad 40 Port Royal, The day previous to
leaving Warsaw S1uad, cen Sherman came
down Nitl hi, mcditatdirector, DR. Cooper, and
Drlgre1 Tie 9th Conn. to return 20 Hilton Head.
mtmatug that they bad ship fever ou board.
although ttey were the only tWo persons M thr
whole i'aet who believed there was any .roubll
~ that tnt Cen. Nright ha. now mad both
l, hls conn. reg ,seuts taken from a.m. and LIS
whole lgHea Is ap5uG 2ju0 effective men. three
regiments, Capt. Bansom's battery ct four guns.
auu uue company o, engineers, fhers ne also
500 marme, Nemui,ci oil st. Andrew 4, the
morning oi the lst Of March.
FEENANpNA, FLA, March 9TH 1852.
commenced Whiting you Sunday morning,
expecting we should have a fight that day with
the eueuy, but we learned from Il negro mat we
picked up about noon, that they were oyacuat-
ug the place. The ships got aground in Cum
belldnd Channel, SO the fleet remained at anchor
until Monday morning, when the light.drat
gunboats came through the North Channel. and
the large ships with the transports put back,
and came up the Amelia Sound Channel Tuesday
morning. The last OF the rebel force left here
Monday evening, the ears starting off lust MS the
gunboatS arrived The boats threw some shells
at the train killing several of the rebels. and dis.
aolns the engines. Hon. ID. s. lulee, llate L .
S Senator was ON the train. The enemy from
the mainland run another train of ears over the
bridge when Aulee with number of Others
Jumped INTO them ana escaped 1t was exceed.
lngly mortlyng to think that we might have
bagsed the whole crowd if we had como directly
IN ON Saturday morning, when we arrived off
the coast, The plan could not have failed, and
with little or no risk on our part We waited
more than three weeks in Warsaw Sound, ex.
pecting day after day that we should start for
ths place.
Fernandina, previous to the war, was the
most lourshng city in Florida, and contained
some 30UO inhabants. The wealthiest and
business part OF the inhabitants have been leay.
ing for the past three months. The place was