Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-21
For the Delaware Gazette.
VOTES IN IKE.
xxx.
NEAR GOLDsBORO
NORTH CAROLINA,
March S1st. 1860.

General Orders that he was satisfied with z
IL success so far. but that the campaign g
was not yet completed. Accordingly, as
soon as the ammunition and subsistence
trains were reloaded and the troops we'll &
clothed the army continued to prosecute 6
the task proposed for it. l have, IN pre-
vious numbers of these papers, traced Its
operations as far as to Fayetteville, y. Z.
Here again. the troops received a CON
0ratIlatOry order from their chief, setting &
forth the splendor of their achievements &
and announcing that the campaign was
not yet over, but would be continued as
soon as some of the most necessary sup
niles were received from Wilmington. TO q
use Gen Shermans own language we had !
''one more march to make. .....,
Accordingly we had hardly finished
perusing the meager contents OF our mali e
which. ike wine, were none the less rel
ished on account of being old, until we s
again slung our knapsacks and resumed
our peregrinations among the pines. On
the 18th of March the 10Th Corps crossed &
the Cape Fear River opposite Fayetteville
But ere [ bid adieu to this ancient town
of the Old North State, let me briefly dis
cuss its merits. Like most other towns
and cities in the Southern States, 1t wears !
the air of being finished. The most Inge- 4
NOUS Yankee could hardly add anything
Z that would make its completeness more
II
4 servative sort of old towns which seem to
know what they are about, and ask no odds
{ of anybody. Belonging to the great indie /
pendent COnfedeFaey, OF course 1T feels IN
Z dependent. To be sure, during the short
occupation by Shermans hOrdes, Its lofty
spirit was brought down to the ashes OF
8 humiliation. But when these decampeds
that is, evacuated" the place and re
treated from its limits, its wonted high
+ mindedness doubtless was resumed
Yet it is but fair to acknowledge that
8 Fayetteville has some agreeable qualities
even for Il migratory Yankee. must
: confess that found more true hospitality
here than IN almost any. other southern
B town. The secret of this is found IN a
S vein of genuine Unionism which under
lies the turbid current ct secession feeling;
Here almost for the first time, L observed
unmistakable evidences that there Is
truly loyal party in this section OF the
country. Here for the very first time L
F. heard the declaration from a representa-
Is tive from the higher circle of Southern
B society that he loved the Union The
B words made me feel more hopeful for my
q country and humanity. A man OF
s wealth. education and culture, born and
q bread in the very center of rebeIdom, loved
d the Union The fact pleasantly surprised
8 me. and yet it was not surprising, tor how
E can any good and sensible man help l0y-
Directly after crossing the Cape Fear
g the two wings of the army again dTverged
from each other. The Right moved. by
the most direct roads leading to Colds
81 boro The left, having sent most OF Its
2 trains with the right, moved up the left
bank of the river toward Raleigh. ten.
Il SlOcum's command being thus stripped for
action, it was apparent thatin the execution
Is of its share of the programme fight was
81 at least possible Indeed, when 1t was
3 considered that Hardee's forces had with
g drawn from Fayetteville by the very route
s. we were now taking, and were but one
S DAVIS march removed from us, the proba-
s. bilities of i battle became very strong
s. 1t was known to us, too, that johnson,
q our old antagonist in Georgia, had as
s gumed the chief command of the rebel
forces. and our knowledge of his military
d character was such as to lead to the be
81 lief that he would give us trouble If such
H thing were possible.
On the 18th the left wing reached
81 Kyle's Landing point on Cape Fear SIX
A teen miles above Fayetteville. The wealth:
g er had now grown very wet and the muc
b fathomless The country was low anc
: 81 aat. with very little undulation, and thick
e 81 10 timbered with the inevitable pines.-
q Early on the morning of the 10th the
!, e column began to drag itself along tn
: & wretcbed road. We had not proceeded
t 3 far before the old, significant booming o
= 81 artillery announced the presence OF al
2 81 enemy. A drizzling rain filled the al
z and the dull reverberatiOps resoundet
2 81 gloomily among the pines. If there wa
= h man among US who ever had relish TO
S battle he could scarcely have experl
q enced it on that dfeary March morning,
M There was that customary silence IN tn
@ column which precedes an expected con
81 fict. Each soldier carefully examined hi
Ha e - L II IN IN t1OHOH
of home. In many a serious countenanc
/ Thought l could read the sentiment c
that popular army song
q Just before the batIle, mothor, -
7 thinking most Of yod,
With the eEemy in view .E.
s Comrades brave around me lying
~ Filied W tia thoughts OF home and God,
81 .- For welLthey kR0g THAT on the morrow,
Some paust sleep beneath the sod
Yet there was but little gloomnessSS, IS,
I 81 the eouutenances of the men. Ine
seemed to possess their usual calm comic
ence. Many were barefoot, for they ha
J, 81 now marched over four hundred and nj
q miles All were ragged, us might haH
been expected after sixty days OF contln
= = al campaigning. Some were clad IN nea
? " complete rebel uniform, having e.
Il Changed their torn and filthy carmen
/, for others of grey color but OF more souI
and cleanIv material. But the dltteren
between a blue blouse and a Contedera
Jacket amounts to but very little II b
meath there beats a heart loyal TO O
; country's starry emblem.
By eleven A. NJ. our old Third Brlga
- had gotten into position and planted ]
% - triangular star color within close musk
90 range of the enemy. The line OF bat
a extended through pine forest, the ley
- ~ surface of which was so swa1npy and DC
gy that it required great caution to mo
about on horseback without becom
mired The firing had already grown
we're. particularly on our left where !
Third Division of the 10th Corps had
81 come engaged 1t was evident that
W enemy was bent upon making determ
ed stand.
Our line had just gotten well INTO pc
n tion when it was ordered to advance
n Grandly it moved on, bearing the tattel
h ensigns Which had fOated in the, stor
E BLASTS of a dozen battles. Some had 81
N the bloody sunset Of Chancellorsvllle {
. 81 the three sanguipary days at Hettysbg
h An had received fiery baptisms at w
III, 81 lhatchie. Mission Ridge, Resacca, \
III 8 Hope Church and Peach Tree Greek.
rs Il had been carried in triumph oyer the
FAINT walls of Atlanta and Savannat
re- Need [ say that they now swept all bel
M them? -
he The firing along our front began
lila k nearly the same time as the advance.
v.,as.lt tlna al II