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The Daily Dispatch: May 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees at Beaufort, S. C. (search)
The Yankees at Beaufort, S. C. --From a gentleman of St. Augustine, Fla., who, with his family, was taken to Beaufort by the Yankees, the Savannah Republican gathers the following information of the situation of affairs in Beaufort up to last Saturday: There are at Beaufort three regiments of whites and two of blacks, all of which were encamped near the town, There are no gunboats at the town or nearer than Hilton Head. The iron clads are still at the latter place undergoing repairs. The Yankees manifest great disappointment at the result at Charleston, and are severe, in their bitterness, that the place shall yet be taken, even at the cost of their last man. The privates of the army, though, are thoroughly disgusted with the war and anxious to see it closed on any terms. Our informant heard them speaking freely of their loss on the iron-clads, which they said was very heavy. The negroes make but trifling soldiers; they invariably run a fight and often shoot each other