We moved
about a mile north and then west for five miles. Pushed some Rebel cavalry
before us all the time. Our brigade was in advance and lost about 25 men.
We are about
two miles east of where the battle was fought yesterday by the 14th and 20th
corps, and right where the Rebel hospital was. The Rebels are now due west of
us, our line running north and south, and I think there can be no difficulty in
communicating with Schofield. Goldsboro is undoubtedly evacuated. In the fight
yesterday one division of the 14th was worsted at first and driven some distance,
but rallied, repulsed the enemy, and the corps getting into line, charged four
to six times, and slaughtered the Rebels awfully. Their loss was far greater
than ours.
Ten p. m. — A
Pennsylvania man, who was wounded in the fight yesterday, and carried in by the
Rebels who took off his leg above the ankle, came in to us a few minutes ago.
He crawled nearly half a mile, part of the way through a swamp. It seems that
the Rebels had a hospital there they evacuated and left him and a half dozen
other wounded, two of whom the man saw killed by the skirmish firing. We are on
the skirmish line to-night. I suppose it is 400 yards to the Rebel skirmishers,
and not a very dangerous line.
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