. Storia dei diversi reggimenti e battaglioni dalla Carolina del Nord, nella grande guerra 1861-'65 . s gallant spedizione è stata guidata da CommanderJohn Taylor Wood. Ci si aspettava che con ufficiali così maniaci, che lasciarono la marina federale e gettarono le loro melodie con i confederati, si tentasse un'azione così allarmante, e se il nemico avesse attaccato i forti, le parole sono che avrebbero avuto successo, in quanto la prigione era impreparata per un attacco sul fianco del fiume, il lato più vulnerabile. Quella notte il nostro comando si è tirato fino a Kinston, stanco andfagged da quattro giorni di WO

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. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . s gallant expedition was led by CommanderJohn Taylor Wood. It was to be expected that with so manyclever officers, who left the Federal navy and cast their for-tunes with the Confederates, such gallant action would oftenbe attempted, and had the enemy attacked the forts, thechances are that they would have been successful, as the gar-rison was unprepared for an attack on the river flank, theirmost vulnerable side. That night our command pulled up to Kinston, tired andfagged from four days of work and unrest, and so we wentback to our ships at Richmond. B. P. LOYALL. Norfolk, Va., 2 February, 1901. *NoTE —General Pickett was evidently a favorite at Richmond and thecommand of this expedition, as of part of the charge at Gettysburg, wasgiven him as opportunity to earn higher promotion. It is not improb-able that impartial history may write him down as unequal to his op-portunities How differently both would have turned out under aleader like Stonewall Jackson, or Pender, or Hoke.—Ed.. THE STEAHER AD-VAnCE. By JAMES MAGLENN, Chief Engineer. This steamer, formerly called the Lord Clyde, runningbetween Dublin and Glasgow, was }uirchased by the Stateof JSTorth Carolina to carry out cotton and other Southernproducts, and bring in arms and supplies of clothing and medi-cines for the I^ortli Carolina State Troops, and was namedthe Ad-Vance.* I joined the ship on her first arrival in Wilmington, andwas with her until captured September, 1864, with the ex-ception of one trip made from Wilmington to Nassau and re-turn, serving in different capacities; first trip as second as-sistant engineer, second trip as first assistant engineer, thenas chief engineer, making several successful trips, one to Liv-erpool for repairs, returning to Bermuda in June, 1864, thence to Wilmington. Some of her trips were very exciting and hazardous. Onone occasion there were four steamers leaving St.

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• bookauthorclarkwal
• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1900
• bookyear1901