BALTIMORE, March 30. – The rebels burnt the bridge on the
railroad between Newbern and Beaufort, North Carolina, but it was in progress
of repair and the road would soon be in operation between the two places. So far as our informants know, all of who
came from Newbern, it had not been burned.
There was not much destruction of property at the latter place, and a
large majority of the citizens remained quietly in their homes on the approach
of the Federal forces. Perfect order
reigned at Newbern and a number of citizens had returned to the place. Gen. Foster is military Governor of the
city. The rebels were believed to be in
strong force towards Kingston, thirty five miles on the road to Goldsboro, and
their scouts frequently appeared in the vicinity of Newbern.
The expedition to Washington was successful; it consisted of
about one thousand men with an escort of gunboats. Two companies of the Massachusetts 22nd
regiment landed and took the place. The
stars and stripes were nailed to a tree before the court house and left
there. The citizens received the
invaders without any apparent excitement or apprehension – some few expressing
Union sentiments, whilst the mass had nothing to say either way. After holding the place one day and gaining
all the information they could, the expedition returned to Newbern.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 4
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