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The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
low and marshy. The night was foggy and thick; some rain fell. To get a fair understanding of the plan of attack, I may say briefly that it was intended Gen. Pickett should open upon the Yankee lines early in the morning to divert their attention and drive them back into the town. He had with him two brigades only — Clingms, and at last, daylight being close at hand, we were forced to give up the search and return up the river. There were no gunboats in the Neuse. Meantime Gen. Pickett had opened fire upon the Yankee lines, and while we were pulling again up the stream we heard his guns booming through the mist, varied at times with the rattld close in upon the bank and the men completely hidden. The firing on the opposite shore was now at its height, and we could see by the sound of the guns that Gen. Pickett was driving the enemy, and that the fight gradually turned towards the town. Worn out by a sleepless night and the fatigue of pulling fifty miles, the men thr