National Republican., 1885-06-20
HUNTING UNION RAIDERS.
LOYAL MEN TO THE COUNTRY, BUT OBJ
JECTI0NABLE TO REBEL NElGHBORS.
A sketch of the "BuTaloes" and How
They are Said TO Have Treated Their
Confederate Friends-A Long Forced
March TO Fort Washington,

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teuei"'cS' ior on ,no "hVio ,iiey ious"V u"
der no nag, VINO infested the mountainous
regions Of east Tennessee and Of North
Carolina, and the low-lyinp coast and
avomnv soct,o, ~ ,bc lot,er stote wo
colIod tbo,n c,,,orrillos Il, oost Tcnnossoo and
eouth,vos, viroipio but ,bov were dnbbed
s,pnff,ioos,, ~ N@r,b Gorni|no
Sometime In Tho autumn of 1s69 the
Union forces around about Newberne
N n disnIovcd unusual activjtv
emboldened nv The lack Of an adeouaic
force of eonfederates in that neIpbborhood,
and they Ind nushed their expedltIons dan,
gerously near to important lines of com
municaiion for tho confederates. More
over Inv these onerations they had received
imnort9nt occessions 10 their ranks from
the strong body of native Unionists who
dvelt In this nort Of tbe state and who
attracted nv bounties iiberallv bestowed
and otherwise. awaited Themselves Of Tho
opportunity To pet n not shot legally NJ
their secessionist neipbbors. who. before the
coming Of Tho IInionIsts had rendered
their lives n burden The most OF these
BufTaioes had some nrivote grudge IN satjsfv,
and when they got the chance undsr
tbe stars and 9Strines thev harried
tbe,r confederote neigbbors witbnut
mercy-murdering. bnrning. and destroy.
inp until they became n greater Terror II
The denizens Of that vicinity than the linton
troops proper. among whom disoinline was
preseryed by fhe Officers, In fact. n was
The old story OF the border warfare OF Scot
land over again-the old story Of the Moss
troopers.
THE coNFEDERAoY AND THE "BUFFALoEs.n
The confederate outborities determiped
IN nut a ston IN this state ~ ofroira and In
order to give Gen. Uoke. then commanding
the forces In front of Newberne, n nroncT
support. Corse,s brioade Of Pickettis
division of IongstTeetis corns. then
known as utbe living column of the
army.n and which was then stationed
at Petersburp. was bundled into the cars at
the latter poInt and hurried off To Colds
boroi. n &. whore tbe troops disembsrlfed
From Goldsboro, we marched TO effect n
Junction with Uoke. who wos nosted some
where between Kinpston and Newberne
which latter town, by The way. was
strongly fortified sby earthworks, and the
federals had also mn intrenched camn' I'm
advance several miles. We'll. on n giorions
autumn evening land there is no more
Glorious n stv tban that ~ North Carolino
IN tbe autum4al seosonS our command an
tered the little town of Kingston nrettv
well nloved ont for we had been morcbing
since 4 O'clock IN the mornino and wifi
hut little intervals of rest
Here orders came that tho 1h,b md 17tb
VIRGINIA regiments sbculd boit while tba
three remnIning regiments continued tbe
march towards NeyyRernc
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r"hrNnhD fo" fi"iir'
lhese Two regiments were then directed
10 PIE their Daggage; In TACT, TO strip Tor
nght' But single blanket was allowed
each man, and no shirts or Impairment!
which we were accustomed TO carry rolled
up IN our blankets: Then twenty rounds
OF cartridges addltlonal 1--WE already had
slNlyl were served OUT 10 us, put we got no
nnnhoa nuu,toai rnoionS, Ior we hau, So 10 speak,
Wo wore On t2e ami yive to iIno,v what ~as
exnected of ms hut tho odiutont when
ouestioned conId only renlv stSomo snecioj
service: don't know what,
The two regiments were mt undor tho
command of Zen. DeringLa West Point
1raduote-and soon wa were beadino out
toward the unknown now % along wI,e cross contpv trS
road with directions IN taEe nm tbe anici,
stem. Tired MS we were already. this order
was calling bmt ve did our hest
Now msrcbinq ALONG a hyNrood In yir.
pinio and tbe cosst regions of the Carolinas
are two very different things. The sand IN
North Carolina roads is ankle deep, with
nothing to catch on In. ne n yyereNip fact
n Is like walking IN newly-fallen snow. slip.
ping and sliding, and is excessively tiresome
to The unaccustomed foot.
Now. the Carolinian marches with n ne.
cuiiar DRAGGING slide of the feet. which car.
ries him easily over the sand. but a hard
turnpike would be death on, his mode OF
locomotion. We had a GOOD deal of good
natured chaff between The virginia and
North Carolina regiments anent this mat.
ter-the relative marchinp capacity of the
Virginia and the North Carolina r5ads-the
one hard turnpike and the other sandy hot,
tom. We could beat the Carolinians out OF
sight ON n hard road, but we stood no chance
when Il came TO sand and slasbes.
~ roncrn w,ncu
nHNN foAVhD "Ni,on'
we had peen marching as nave above
stated since = a, M, Dut the steauy pace wat
kept up WIN rests Oh yen Mlhutes' lnterVa
IN every TWO hours untll apout = o CLOCK IL
inc morning. Inc troops were 80 huch ex
nausted mat they could positively go nc
Iurther, ior, IN addiIion 70 the deep sand
Ihe nlarcn was nln9ereu py the irequenl
marshy "slashes' which crossed the roao
every TWO OF three lniles. Every ola soldiel
OF eitner army knows wnat "iorceo
marcn' means. ne couiuI't Iorget ~ II NJ
were 10 ilVe 70 tne age OF the patriarchs
out 10 those OF tnis uate a oriei oescripuoi
may noI seem ilupP,oprla,e.
'Iorceu Inarch Is horror 10 the pes
troops that ever enhsted under a banner
IL means torture OF mind ana torture o
pouy' ~ means uuii acnlng Oh bones, ane
OF the very marrow. IL means not simpl,
utter WEAKNESS and pam, put almost com
piete prostratlon Oh Ihe pnyslcai powers Il
means 10 iali asleep Dciore you touch I'M
GROUND IN an attempt 10 lie down IL mean
't .aS Wne Wiz ~ sie VI .ne n,, tgn mn W.
men ), stri,kas the xyeoried senses 70 aris,
sitter and sorer than before, if tbo
were possible. II means. in 6ne
that Won would barter million
if Won had II, cbeerfnllv for an honr,
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