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The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
e Neuse. The greater part of yesterday, was spent in an artillery duel, resulting in a very slight loss on our side. In the evening Gen. Clingman's brigade crossed the river, and by a masterly movement caused the enemy to skedaddle, having lost less than 30 in killed and wounded--7 or 8 only killed. The 534 North Carolina regiment suffered most, having lost about 8 killed and wounded.--While charging one of the enemy's batteries across a field this regiment behaved gallantly. A part of Gen Davis's Mississippi brigade was on the field and behaved well. The Yankee hospital near the battle field gives evident signs of numbers of wounded. Among them four amputating tables were found. The railroad for miles has been torn up and the bridges destroyed. A fine mill near the battle field was burned, and numberless acts of murder and incendiarism are reported. Our entire loss in killed, wounded, and missing, does not exceed 200. If the Yankees had given our forces battle to-da