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The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Spanish bark Providencia. (search)
day or two since, has furnished us with some interesting information in reference to the Sherman expedition. He left Hilton Head on Tuesday, the 21st of January, at which time it was expected that there would be an advance toward Savannah the nexty drawing them out or sawing them off. The third battalion of the Massachusetts cavalry regiment was stationed on Hilton Head, near Seabrook, on the borders of Scull creek Colonel Williams had his headquarters there, and the first battalion, reere are no other cavalry corps with Gen. Sherman's command. Gen. Sherman had a grand review of some 15,000 men at Hilton Head on the 19th. All the bands, were consolidated, and the review was a very fine one. The number of men at Beauforts were still at work upon plantations at Beaufort and Bay Point. There were some 300 or 400 contrabands at a place on Hilton Head, known as "Botany Bay." A few were employed as servants by officers, but the majority are described as being good for