...d posted on the White Marsh road leading from Edenton, N. C., to Suffolk, Va., about four miles from the latter place. General Pickett with the remainder of the division was on the Sumerton road. Colonel Magruder 's force was made up of the 11th, 17th and 57th Virginia infantry regiments and Macon's battery of four pieces. Skirmishes were of frequent occurrence for three weeks. The enemy made an attack on ...