Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-06-02
HEADERS BEAURFGARD's ARMY, J
near Drewry's Bluff,
May 25sh, 1864.

Meesrs Editors -
A. our R..imsnt 1.-THE 5lst N O. was made up 10
the fapz Fear District, few lines relative to lis
whereaoouts aud conditions may in these perIous
times h. uuufcrtsng to the most of your readers
AbGu the 1t Of My received orders to leave cur
pleasant camp at Petersburg ard report to Gen Cling
nlaD who was il Command at Black Water. As q
ren's" dsy goods are packed up we were on the
vav in o short time Arriving at Ivor q station on
the Norfolk 3D. Lear the Black Water, we found Gen
Clingran, (cd dad) as the boys cell him. armed and
eau pL ed according TO Hardee-tbat is to say spurs
on Sur5pter This horse saddled, ard that same
Ok hat peculiarly adjusted, which Indicates something
rough ahead Soon orders they always do in
such times, aid "et the cat cf the wallet" Our
ces beng turUed towards the Back Water the order
va3 given to forward, AID we FORWARDED" Tie next
day iIund in the fourishing village of Suffolk
here spent quite pleasant day with tie ladies i
they seC ned be glad the ragged rehs" and
gave sCme painful accounts OF The conduct of ne
gro t0ops will say en- pGSSdat" that the ladies
ot Suffolk aEd, By the way, they not few-are
tire Wetliest have yer met in the Old Dominion and
although long ct the mercy t la ed fee are still
true bipe " 10 the COnfederacy. To any worthy
young gentleman wishing to engage in the business OF
aafriuony, [ can cbeeifuIy recommend the ladies' OF
Suffolk. Try tEem and will go Conicd. dollar that
You f ID them K.
H.viLy talcd after repeated efforts to draw the
Yauke cut of TIER strong works three lies
;eyoud tic village, and General gaining what il
fITa On he desired to their strength, we left for
lrOr, reaching there next day about II O'Clock, with
cd by high tfcaIs Reconnaissance in force buI the
boys say forced Reconnaissance, as they were
march 4 20 n'ls 10 one day through mud and 1aec
k.ee deep.
flru.iaz purposes here many very large planta-
tIors, aud Of the finest ard largest apple aad
peach d, chgrGa [ saw. range to say you inva-
Early fi4d a WIDOW at these orchards reason why
- this d ionsDt sIIth not"
Well, We had scarcely time to rest ourselves at Iyor
hcore came, that The deuce IVES pay at Peters
burg, that Beast Butler with the congregated world
had laid d o. Bermuda Hundreds, City Point, and
every wLeIa else in the vicinity and were marching Ii
every DIRECTION. This rather got US, knew we
rad nut small force, but concluded "to roll H. if We
got sqle zad," mounted the train it footed and
we were CT or The again.
On our arrival at Petersburg we found every body
heels upwards l beg the ladies' pardon they were al
right, beads up, ard greeted with many hearty
cheers. lie issue " out ea naaSSe with uacie
J lis harness on ready to meet tie tee III deadly con-
Iict. he few old troops present given q posi-
on alter which We calmly awaited the onset of the
Be ST Contrary to all expectation it discovered
on The following morning that he approaching the
city tie North side by way OF Swift Creek. Here
lie vas By Col. Graham of the 25th S. G. Regi-
ment uud brought to a stand still.
Only two compaGi>s of our Regiment, and F.
We engaged during the citing Immediately around
Petersburg. Thvy were like old acquaintance OF
niue whom | heard asked if he beoDged to the
Church, he replied yea, " We belonged to tie Bap-
these cOmpants, fought Regiment eff a0d
On turiag whole night and had be fortune altsr
the of the enemy at Dr=wrys Bluff, of getting
koid diary k pt by of The Regiments, Ia which
touid tbCr loss to be sky killed agd Wou0dtd.-
Our loss, ore man wounded IN Co. +.
Ba Ter finding the climate rather warm Tor comfort
CT Swift Geek las We were pitching n to him both
day and Dsht) very pIUdenlly Ietreattd under the
cover # night and took himself and crew to his del
near Bermuda Hundreds. We, having by this time
collected respectable sTmy OF veteran troops, put alter
him We first met bis sklrmisheIs Lear cur entrencn
meDts at Drewry's Buff, from which time until the
ever memorable 10Th, SSlrmshirg on both sides
carried en- with high band and heavy loss. On the
evtng # the ION orders arr d tor everything
20 le ~ readiness. Gen Beuuregaru had said thut tie
eGemy must be routed, and that enough
AT tie dawn OF day the rattle Of musket
~ is heard extreme ktt--the the
cheering OF boys, they successfully charge aud
brgade after brigade and regiment after regiment have
charged, routing the enemy at all pouts. EVeolng
fOuud vletOrt and IL ful-p0sse6son Of the htd. 10
their basIy flight they left 0Gy amount OF baggage,
ordnance ARD issury stores, besdes aud qul
I Lumbcr al spades and eh0ves, which we putting
10 gUod use. Oar less heavy, as we had IN some
Instances 10 Garage them from Ihfte off .ent SITS Il:
works. but the victory complete The loss IN cur
regiment was Sc IrcCdng some fcars, killed, wound
cd aud missing. We followed up the Beast, aid now
have hl p2uned up in q strip of laud between
the Arp mattox and James Rivers. We are gradual
g hu, uiug the Tens him, and he must take
tue buck tack tie peninsula CT fight US
Everything is comparatively quiet to day. Should
anything important turn up 1 will try and let you
know 1t. ours, " w ILL