The main body
marched until the small hours of morning, through a drenching rain and a
desolate swamp, in the direction of Halifax, before they found a decent camp.
It was a surprise to
all; but instead of going to Tarboro, as was expected, the troops made a
backward movement, and the story was, that there was a large force at Tarboro,
who intended to attack us and destroy our usefulness. They did not succeed. A
portion of the command who marched all night of the 5th on the other road,
joined the regiment this forenoon only to find they must keep on the dreary
tramp all day and well into the night again before they could reach Hamilton,
where they took possession of the houses that were not burned.
SOURCE: John Jasper
Wyeth, Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass.
Dep’t of North Carolina from September 1862 to June 1863, p. 20
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