BALTIMORE, March 30.
The rebels burnt the bridge on the railroad between Newberne and Beaufort, but it was in progress of repair, and the road would soon be in operation between the two places. So far as our informants knew all of whom came by Newberne and had not been at Beaufort, there was no destruction of property at the later place, and a large majority of the citizens remained at their homes on the approach of the Federal forces. Perfect order reigned at Newberne, and a number of the citizens had returned to the place. Gen. Foster was military governor of the city.
The rebels were believed to be in strong force towards Kingston, 35 miles on the road to Goldsboro, and their scouts frequently appeared in the vicinity of Newberne.
The expedition to Washington was successful. It consisted of about 1,000 men, with an escort of gunboats.
Two companies of the Massachusetts 22d landed and took the place. The stars and stripes were nailed to a tree before the Court House and left there. The citizens received the invaders without any apparent excitement or apprehension – some few expressing Union sentiments, whilst the mass had nothing to say either way. After holding the place one day and gaining all the information they could the expedition returned to Newberne.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 1, 1862, p. 2
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