Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-15

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March lat, and started Out on tue Cnetsw
road.
On the evening Of the % we arrived
gtthtn hve niles o. Chefaws, - . placs
shefe the Johnutes MAD 10nueo eAsenAvs-
y. Our 'bummers' engaged them IN the
while the LETT wing Of the army
the 14th and goth army ecrpsl nanked
hem and compelled them to withdraw
chsrax was evacuated during the night, the
'sbs rstiripg beyond the Great Peedee kiv-
n.
On the afternoon Of the following day
the zth) NC paaaed through the torn, and
vent into camp two and half miles north
" il. This ID but small place, well laid
,ut, and fine site for town; the termi-
aus Of . railroad running up from Florence,
J. c., m the head Of navigation Of the
treat Peedec. ~
Sunday, the 9th, was . day Of rest to eur
,orps.
On the morning Of the 9th We started to
ross the river 1t the town. A heavy ex-
,lusion Of rebel magazine took place about
his time. killing and woundine 10 p:raons.
The shock knocked down several houses and
Droks nearly every window in town. After
the river we found better country
han heretofore. Kept on .bee line" for
N, G.. where We thought we
would strike ''cornnunion' and 70 into
ANN. but il appears that Billy couldn't
zee il in that lixht.
Reached ravett eville on The 18th, aud re-
0ut10R the next Gay. EayetvevUhe
quite = place: had probably some 5 900
" 5000 inhabitants. The large and fine
D. s. Arsenal was destroyed BY order Of
Billy. II is the head Of navigation on the
Jane Fear River. Freu here ws shipped
IN the refugees and contrabands to VIII
a also our sick and wounded.
on the 14th ne crossed the river and set
put for 0oldsboro. Had more or less skir
.ishior every slay. until finally on the 10th
L grcw quite heavy and assumed the nature
Of battle. In fact it was enc, for 1t about
dark We learned that the Johnnies, 10000
strong, under Johnston, Beauregard and
Hardee, had attacked the left wing Of our
army (l4th army corps) to begin what they
had so long threatencd-to whip Sherman
army in detail and annihilate It. &
The right wing (l5th and nth army
corps) made night march. and 10 o'clock
A. n. on the goth found rs 10 miles from
Goldsboro, where we struck the Goldsboro
and Raleigh road. On this road we took
the back track, and fe~ miles brought us
up right in the rear Of Johnston's army
We marched 70 last that we tool. the John
mes quite by surprise. and "gobbled" .
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