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The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Bombardment of Port Royal — Another Barbarity of the War. (search)
et and pleasant village can now contribute an item to the history of the barbarities of the present war. Although four steam gunboats had been lying opposite us for several days, and the banks on the opposite shore were bristling with cannon, yet we felt no alarm. Neither the military nor the citizens had done anything to draw down the thunders of Yankee vengeance upon us. On Thursday evening, the 4th inst., while quietly partaking of our dinner, we heard the beaming of a cannon placed by Gen. Hill on an eminence about three miles below Port Royal. We rushed out on the river's bank to witness the engagement. Two of the gunboats soon returned the fire, and then fired a broadside of grapeshot, and 11 inch shells directly into the town — at the same time the batteries across the river opened their fire upon us. The scene exhibited in our streets was now wild and fearful. Women and children could be seen flying in the utmost terror to seek refuge behind the hills that lie back of the
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Fredericksburg. (search)
Important from North Carolina.the Yankees Evacuate Kinston.interesting Particulars of the fight.destruction of bridges, &c., &c. Goldsboro', N. C. Dec. 17. --Our troops reoccupied Kinston Monday night, the Abolitionists evacuating and burning the bridge. Of Col. Mallets's regiment, 110 have already come in. Five company officers, Lieut. Hill among them, reported killed. [Second Dispatch] Goldsboro',N. C., Dec. 17, P. M. --The battle raged furiously all day on David Everett's farm and vicinity — the right wing of the Yankee line extending nearly to Neuse river, about four miles hence. Between two and three o'clock six Yankees, under the cover of guns, reached the railroad bridge and set it on fire, entirely consuming it.--Five of the reseals were killed on the spot. Later in the day our forces gallantly repulsed an attempt of the enemy to cross the county bridge, and drove them from their position on the other side. Our troops fought like veterans, and