... was one of the most deliberate and fiendish that has been committed during the war. The letter says: Two hundred men, under command of Captain Frye, were sent to a point near the mouth of the Pasquotank , with orders to scour the country to Currituck Sound. The long train of wagons to accompany the main column was ordered to be in readiness by day light the next morning, and lastly a court martial ...