We heard pleasant music last night, it being heavy firing in the
direction of New Berne. It must be our reinforcements, whom we heard had been
turned back from Swift's Creek. The battery at "Widow Blunt's" shot
away our flag-pole, yesterday, but it was immediately repaired. "E's"
men were on picket across the river, last night, and had a lively time, the
outposts consisting of Clough and Robbins. The rebels posted a gun to bear
either on the gunboat or bridge, taking, in its course, our picket; and as soon
as the "Louisiana" commenced shelling, the road was a sad place for a
man who wanted to save his head. They got out of it all right, no one being
hurt. One of the shots from the gunboat struck the old chimney, knocking bricks
and mortar all over the reserve. Meanwhile the "Widow Blunt"
batteries were raining shot and shell at the fort, making it lively for the
homeguard.
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. 49
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