We remained in our bivouac all day, the boys putting in the
time in mending their shoes and clothing. The Fifteenth Corps came in today.
The engineers laid the pontoons across the river. Fayetteville is just across
on the east bank of the river, and is at the head of navigation, ninety miles
from Wilmington on the coast. A boat came up this morning from Wilmington. Our
men did not burn much property in town, only the public buildings were fired.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 261
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