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the route down to the point of landing.
During the whole engagement they were carrying their wounded and dying to the rear.
One man who saw them on their retreat states that he met a continued stream of ambulances going and coming from their boats.
On their advance they had killed some sheep, but in the hasty retreat were obliged to leave their plunder.
Our troops buried forty of the enemy's dead.
The force that first met the enemy consisted of the Rutledge mounted riflemen, Capt. Trenholm; Charleston light dragoons, Capt. Rutledge; Beaufort volunteer artillery, Capt. William Elliott, and an infantry company, who stubbornly and successfully contested the enemy's advance until the arrival of reenforcements.
The others afterward engaged were Nelson's Virginia battery, Morgan's squadron of cavalry, Major Abney's First battalion of sharp-shooters, consisting of Capt. Chisholm's company, Capt. Allston's company, and Captain Buist's company.
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