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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Extracts from the diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, of the Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers. (search)
inders, about a mile from Kingstree. Here a portion of the train remained till the balance was taken to Cades' Station and the engine returned. If the break down had occurred at the depot so that those of us who lived in Kingstree could have seen our families, no regret would have been felt, but waiting in the woods was tiresome and unprofitable. January 11th—Sunday. Reached Wilmington this afternoon. Marched out of the city and bivouacked just inside of the line of breastworks. January 13th.—Regiment marched to the race course, on the road leading in the direction of Masonboro Sound, and bivouacked for the night. January 14th.—Pitched our tents in a field near the race course. The field officers of the brigade had been directed to select a place for a camp, it seeming probable that no forward movement would be made very soon. As we were riding over the field the owner came to us and suggested that should it rain heavily the ground would be under water. It was the opini<