, 1862-01-14

The Burnside Expedition
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!From orr Special J;eporter.i |
ASSAro!.z4, january ). 1St;2.
On thv second Of January ninr z.s;;n'sters |
arrived from Washington with the tund= 10 I
lay utr the troops and sailors Oh tr tr1us- !
ports up 10 D,c. 3i*t. This :rca. array Of |
1syn,astcr= was the first tangible evidence Of |
the very near approach Of the time OF depart |
ure. The paying conarnenvvd oE Fri1i,. ,rcr,,- !
ing, January Sd, md was concluded on tac 4i]l. |
The funds paid were almost exclusively Treas t
ury notes, only sufficient specie being used to |
make change. The troops immediately made |
arrangements for sending 4 large portion OF
their money home, andfor three days the Office |
e the Adams Express Company was crowded
to sufocation with the noble fathers, brothers
and sons, who we're not unlnindful Of the COM
fort Of tie loved ones left behind. In some
regiments the amount sent home was equal to
seventy per cent, Of their entire pay. They
being Taid in notes, and change being SO scarce
in Annapolis, but little money was Spent, and
the Provost Marshal having tabooed all liquor
shops, there were no dlsSTaccfu1 scenes conse-
qIcnt upon payday.
Among the items that have transpired in
shipping ordnance and stores Vas the putting
:,,>oarl Of ono Of the Echooners four thousand
stand Of smooth bore muskets Of the old
fashioned pattern. It is more than s1lrmised
That all new recruits 10 this Division in the
Land Of Dixie will be promptly furnished with
lnnEkets, withont stopping to inquire into his
former condition. The troops provided, be-
torc euataTking, cooked ratfons for ten days.
About eeQ barrels of beef and pork were cook
ed and rc-packcd. 1uasmuch as they con
su1ned one ration before leaving annapolis,
another On the trip down thu Bay, and will
wait two or three days at Fortress Monroe,
Cur readers can draw tho Inference that the
expedition will not be many days at sea before
making descent. The steam vessels, besides,
lave only coal enough for eight days at the
most, so all may rest assured that the voyage
will not be long one> and that news Of tic
| attack may speedily follow the announcement
| Of the sailing Of tsc dect from Fortress Mon
! roe.
On Sunday morning, the 5th inst, an unu-
snal activity among tl,c tugs and lighters in
the harbor confirmed the report prevalent
| the evening previous, that the cmbarkatlon
| would Immediately begin The tugs Lioness,
Merchant, Tempest, Susquehannah, Kingston,
and Robert Morris, Were.occupfed during nearly
| tue Whole Day IN towing out bazges laden with
all sorts of army stores, bread, crackers, beef,
| sugar, soap, candles, whisky, cheese, &c, &C.,
| which were moored alongside the steamers
/ aud ships, and their cargocs stored away in
| the capac1ous holds, to come forth at the be-
hest Of the hungry hosts on board. The 9Th
| New Jersey, which arrived late Saturday eve
| ming and slept in the cars all night, we're
marched down to the Eastern wharf in the
{ morning, and were the first to embark They
| were taken on the tug Susquet,annah, and duly
delivered On board the good ship Ann E.
Thompson, and the brig Dragoon- Though
the last to arrive, they were the first assigned
to quarters on board.
Atnoon the D 'Epineun Zouayes were march
cd down from their camp, about tive miles out,
aud after :t little delay, were taken on board
the 1ight-drausht steamer Union, which steam.
ed down the harbor and alongside the iluge
bark John Trucks, whose immense hold not
only received the whole regiment, but several
bargc-loads Of provisions besides. This regi
1ncut muttcrcd considerably about going on
board before being paid, bnt tlis was done to
prevent tue men from "raising Cain ~ or
shore, as they arc pretty tough set Of meu
with savage officers.
, On Monday morning, long before dawn, tlt
9eseiNe beat in the camps, breakfast was hastily
prepared, and by sunrise the regiments in tht
, First Brigade were ready to march to the dock
The transports in tile stream were all MOVING
about, some being toWcd into dock, whill
l | others threw out lines and slowly warped thei
huge htllks alongside. Tugs were whfskin.
here and there, and the Light fall OF snow dur
ing the night added to the interest Of til
Z pearancc Of the land and water. The 25tl
7 Massachusetts, being the first on the dock
p vas soon taken on board the steamer Ne.
York, and she i'll turn made room for the serez
e steamer, which took the 8tL Connecticut, Will
l. The 51st New 7 ork followed at the city whar1
:. and later in the day the black Cossaek haule
alongside the naval wharf and took on boar
the 51st Pennsylvania. Toward nightfall th
a e3d Massachusetts caIne into the Yard, an
- after waiting several hours, succeeded in ge
$A~c- ~
8 cnbarlinE of SO many regiments could nc
proceed without more or less confusion, an
r. at one time it well nigh reigned suprem.
If Rcgimental officers, WHO had brought the
commands from camp, stacked their arms an
had set their men down in the sno
h in the yard, we're in no mood for awaitin
n the dilly -dallying Of some Of the sta
Il officers, who were entrusted with mattel
g which they were not tit to attend to. tt
of result vas that wjdc-awakc, stirring colonel
who knew their business and duty, usurpt
d some Of the functions Of some shoulder-atra
l. | ped gentry, and put their men in eonfortab
80 quarters on board ship, while said straps we
y. discussing whether it was best to send for
I'd tug or let the troops stand in the yard; ;
~ night Cen Burnside could be seen alpo
y everywhere. and wherever be appeared ord
1g came out Of chaos. An incident or two v
~ serve to Illustrate the ready, energetic, Weste
~ character Of the man. At one time mn
ne train Of 106 teams Of six mules leach, vi
LH- | wagons t0auEu WIFI 10IlfSe. HaQ arrived frC
~ PerTyyille, and came streaming down, nj
III and a half long, into the Navy Yard, whc
be they had no business. Helpless order1ics a
~, confused officers went Ra1loping about, ter
'n fed at the avalanche Of mules and hay tt
threatened to oVerwhelul the whole divisic
The General happened by, and transformi
e. himself into Quartermaster, in FIVE minui
a. turned the tide Of long cared assinines, a
- drove them all ont save a few who have /
ILL two legs. At another part Of the day an
Or cited Jack Tar came to him and proclaim
he that he could not possibly take aboard all
,r.x baggage belonging to certain regiment
80 had been assigned to his vessel. 7'Have :
'ut no hurricane deck, Sir" asked the Genel
ty. "Yes, SIR "Put it there, then" "Bu
Of may get wet, Sir" "Let it get wet, the1
"And it may make us top-heayy IN d sto1
SCI sir." "Then throw It overheard, Sir, Q
us ncxt time We will have regiments with
Sc, baggage"
~ Sa1day night the s9th N. 7. regiment, c
"a "a Fuirchild, arrived, and slept IN the cars. T
Gu regiment was in camp near Bladensbnrg,
no ia knownAs the &C Daniel 8. Dickinson Guar
: q | having been raised at BiDghampton, n. T,
7or home of that individual. They were inmt
1ol' | atcly assigned to Gen. Parkes brigade.
lble total number Of regiments embarked on II
'ro day was five.