...ed on my return by the direct road, took and transported my sick and wounded men from Whitehall and Kinston, bringing them all safely to this point. On the thirteenth, a fleet of small boats left Newbern , under Commander Murray, United States navy, to attack the works on the river at Kinston; but, owing to the lowness of the water in the river, only one small boat — the Allison, under Colonel M...