Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862

Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved.

On Contents, note, for Grey read Gray . On page 32, note, 1st line, for Willson read Wilson . On page 32, note, 7th line, for Willson read Wilson . On page 61, note for Winton read Trenton . On page 80, note 10th line, for Bowler read Boler . On page 91, note 6th line, for Bowler read Boler . On page 1 of Index, 23d line, for Bowler read Boler . On page 8 of Index, add, N. Y. 23d Independent Battery—p. 44 On page 8 of Index, add, N. Y. 24th Independent Battery—p. 44 On page 11 of Index, add, N. Y. 23d Independent Batteries—p. 44 On page 12 of Index, add, N. Y. 24th Independent Batteries—p. 44

The letter press from New York Herald, Dec. 20-25, 1862, by permission, also New York Times. The illustrations of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, also portrait of Gen. J. G. Foster, are reproduced from Harper's History of the Rebellion, by arrangement with Messrs. Harpers Brothers.
New York, Dec. 1, 1890.



In the Field, Fifteen Miles from} New Berne, Dec. 11, 1862.}
Major General J. G. Foster commenced a movement of his army from New Berne this morning. At 3 p. m. we came upon the enemy's pickets (near our present camping ground), when three prisoners were taken by the advance guard of the Third New York Cavalry. In attempting to press forward we found the road densely blockaded by felled trees; this blockade extended for several hundred yards, being situated in the midst of a swamp possessing an abundance of creeks. Owing to this obstruction it became absolutely necessary to halt here for the night. During the same time the woods were cleared and with great rapidity, too, by pioneers from several regiments and a strong force of pioneer contrabands —the latter under the direction of the civil engineer of this department, Henry W. Wilson.