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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
own resources an effort would be made to drive him into the sea, instead of making a simple demonstration. Hill began by attempting a bold stroke against Fort Anderson, a considerable work which the Federals were erecting on the left bank of the Neuse in front of New Berne. This was to harass Foster at the most important point of his command. On the 13th of March, General Pettigrew, following some by-roads with one or two Confederate brigades, took advantage of the absence of the greater porck and the Hetzel.—Ed. was not long in making the assailants beat a retreat. Following the execution of this plan, Hill, who was striving to magnify the number of his soldiers in the eyes of his adversaries, conveyed them from the banks of the Neuse to those of Tar River; on the 30th of March he came with one division to invest the small town of Washington, which the Federals had converted into a depot for supplies for the fleet, and which was surrounded by a belt of redoubts and half-basti