Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-26
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,GoLDsBoRo5 N. O., April 2, 1866. d
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My Dear FFiend.-This is the second
time that l have commenced to Write to
you, and T hope p set thFough without
being called upon to do some official buHt-
ness, but it is not at all likely that will.
"a, the entire work q, the office isAhrOWn
,ppon three ofins, making the duty very
heavy. So much campaigning makes 3
great rush of business when an opportuni.
ty for tfansactfng all kinds is afforded,
and the numerous applications for fur
loughs, leaves Of absence, 60, all Of which
require action, either for or against alL.idf
which increase the work, approving and
recording or disapproViug sand recording.
However 1 will give you brief account Of
our travels through the Oarolinas, making
it as complete. as time will permit liable
to be abbreviated BY q sudden rush OF
business.
d, will begin my, description at Sister'S
Ferry. up to- which pointSI could relate
nothing for mud and WateFs and have but
little desire to recall the miEy ysceheSa From
the 29th of January TO the 5th Of Febru1
ary, we were at SisteFs' Ferry Savannah
river, about forty mflea abeYe the city, 81
which point o1r trains were filled With
supplies and forage and clothing issued Cd
the trpops, mean tothe 14th and 9th
corps. the left wing OF the army, the right
wing operating from Beaufort 8. c., to-
which point they we're taken BY Water.-
We left Sisters Ferry on the, Tlh, of .Feb. J
ruary, the 14th corps on the extreme left
marching on g road, varying from, two toI
seven miles from the Savannah river, onl
the South Carolina side, towards Augusta
We kept In the direction of Augusta, as ifI
threatening that place, until within ab6ut
sixty miles of II, up, the river, when we
bore off to the right, further from the riv-
er; our nearest GpointRto- susta being
about forty miles, i believe. On the l1th
We passed through; BsrnWellI bWhichqWab
burned, town about the size OF Harris.
vile, Ohio, From Sisters Ferry, to this
place but few hpasea escaped burning and
and when rails were not too wet to burn,
miles of fence all pitch pine rails, might
be seen burning and few were left--in fact
the country was entirely laid waste 4s all
the provisions were taken, also the. horses
mules and cattle, not even leaVingq one
days, bsistence for-the citizens, who bid
and buried many things, but only to be
dug up by the Yankees, who they think
have q pocket machine for telling where
thin6e are hidden. The country 80 far as
hefeih.thus far noticed, Is quite level and
mostly rice plantations, but ohl3 d small
portion 1of. the la6d is cleared when, you,
compare il with the State of Ohio and ofhsi
or northern States The soil fis, too sandy
to be rich-ain fact 1 would not have two
hundred acres az q Christmas q or. New
Years gift--that isuwhen you compare it
with :, such soil .,asii We have north; but
through the Toll of f.unreoompensed1sla slaVesy
the indolent whites are made wealthy after
q rise and increase transferred from, one
| generation to- another with an income and
no Outlays,ltIu this case, why not get rich,
duces a living. srlo
I1sball now leap to Willlgton, q small
town on the Augusta and, char1estpn Rail.
| road, the road being destroyed By. our wing
Of the army for about, 40 miles or more,
during which time the bridge over the
| north fork OF the Edisto river, ~ miles
ahead, was being prepared, and d0n the day
| previous 70 this, the 11th, Kilpatrick,s cav
! AIRY fought Wheelers cavalry, adm which
both sides lost considerably, Fitzpatrick
having 70 fall back some distance. Taking
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