, 1864-02-23
FROM GENERAL BUTLER'S DE-
PARThiENT.
The Late Liberating Expedition.
Endurance Of the Blacks.

Correspondence Of the New York Tribnne,1
FoR1nxss MoakoH, Fob. 16, 1854.
Little has transpired to write about since
the unsuccessful denouement Of our recent
expedition. If that most pfniseWorthy 1n-
dertalzlpg rendered conspicuous the fact that
q s7;ost1ntnf, and a most rapid one, too, can be
made over Vfrgfnia roads IN winter, 1t set,
tied another no less nootcd question, and
has put beyond caril forever, in Congress md
elsewhere, the physical endurance Of the ne
no soldier: Or Gen. Wistar'a eothmand,
three regiments of infantry were co1orcd sol
iiers. All our footmen were marched in the
most rapid manner, in order that they might
AZ result Of this hnrd marching, on the first
day ont over ttco hundred had fallen ont Of one
Of the United States regiments from exhaus,
lion. When our forces reached Bottom'B
Bridge, and discovered that their attempted
surprise Ind been exposed. it is estimated
that fully oneha!f Of the white! soldiers
who commenced the march had given
we're lined with stragglers. But have the
authority Of q captain in one Of the white
regiments for the statement that not single
colored soldier teQ out from Illness, exhaus-
ton, or any other cause, and when the rolls
were called before tho ordered retreat every
single sable son who had started on the march,
was present and answered to his name! My
.,noroea weor;nrS ihe Tn;tod S}afrs nn{fnrT7
~ henset tns to, 'i ~
enduring the severe physical fatigue Of the
whfto soldier; but, to use his own language,
"There's no use talking, they. can ILL every
white: soldier IN, three days marching"
These simple minded creatures, as they truly
4h.+ 1sara ~ u:,a ysrv 1;i-c1v hord wnrE IN h.
5na 1. aaS ~, 49, o,t1o nh +,o>, t,a roat
aa unI ~ nye ernr"ss;nn r. the sen.
timent @ TDi,ici aec,Se1 to EnGecst ifseIt to nil
III sov hoTs ;twon't neyer do to be taken
I Inani3cr fc,t fn11r confi1ent tint anV % nttemnt
=. oo,st,, th;e.art nFi,;e fnrna 1rn,,i5 naet
~ ~ i3In4 Il 1as % ,pnrth so7'
III + haa t1onanIre5 M sh"t Notwithstanding thu
rotsfna};nn | IL reha,a Isce;vsa ~ nnT cnts';n~
thsy we're throxn 9 1 fnto thc diqcst excitame6f
tc1earanh te p yfrra ma 1a;1rn,d 1incs had hecr @
i,roEan hv rerso,. n III o;r,; ;u;d,t md thc
o.sdart yy1;fcr"i1on a1nonr o,,r nrisnnars led
thaus ~ s,-nI,asa ~ ,,,,rn5eona1t1 HI tho4
a9sn oIs Hc,e ~ ahont - III psa nngn~ Ike "ner:l
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na 1at ns1,ss; .ton,, o"d thia L 4Sa thir5 tfme
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thle euE.sottso o ~ - -, 80. ~
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Ioti, ~ 1Hs otneas ~ Gan Rnt1are nan';nis
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KY ME ~ taS Snaue' ,1j saEH ,o13 a,s+a1is;
Alck1ng ana snahang nou.u IIuc y. aPpA4St H.
Even haloy: ra.n1s ~ unseas .us, ~ as.s.
'lslous oeaet ~ ~" NV ~. .o.Ht et,u -,
W1cn ue tosG 1ea1t, uue IVY Maa stn. .Ae..3,s 3,4,
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now, az" n sttAIn.. t,' a..x4.
IN @nsle, loo. Lney ~ na.uIat "a. 1s eagerss.
"as eno"n 99y, esslalntl nos 9n uost eesSu w.
ten days previous haa never seen bngle
Whne On tn8 oceas1on ol tne ~ lese" ns s1Gln ma1
IN that inc 1al5ly ccllpsed she rotoanu teu
ton} Nno Isea; to sttala HE ups ~ 1cA14un!..
On Ea1luins oalcony-
Col. daffafo Is N commaaa o. tnc ~ leg
1ment, anu commenced 1rs o1ganlzat1g1n r91 ai oai'
ahont Sl3 weeks ago. Sos; aeV: W y. .s.a9 Soi
lcfmeil} MaJol o. tns Su ~" tosA easal
r, efhge ano eHc!ent olace1,I ,Ieomman3a con 101aa3l
,Ae 20. anu nus on!i nsen aooIt " loul "esA
n 1eclnlt1ng ana GqnlpRlng als It5 reglWeni q,
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