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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
Fayette artillery. [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, March 28, 1897.] The movement on New Berne Thirty-three years ago. A Richmond Battery's part. Both land and naval Forces—a singular charge and a singular Chase— a quick surrender. Richmond, Va., March 23, 1897. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Enclosed find an article on the movement to New Berne, N. C., by Pickett, in 1864. Much has been said about this movement, but very little credit given some of the Richmond men engaged. Yours, etc., E. W. Gaines. The movement. Thirty-three years ago the Confederate government conceived the idea of capturing New Berne, N. C., the movement being proposed by General George E. Pickett, who was at that time in command of the Department of North Carolina. As to why the movement was entertained, and what was to be gained, many opinions have been expressed by soldiers who were on the outside, rather than the inside, of councils held by their superior officers. It wa