...s of North Carolina; but if Schofield come, you had better relieve Foster, who cannot take the field, and needs an operation on his leg. Let Schofield take command, with his headquarters at Beaufort, North Carolina , and with orders to secure Goldsboroa (with its railroad communication back to Beaufort and Wilmington). If Lee lets us get that position, he is gone up. I will start with my Atlanta army (sixty ...