PREFACE._Soldiering in North Carolina Being the experiences of a 'typo' in the pines, swamps, fields, sandy roads, towns, cities, and among the fleas, wood-ticks, 'gray-backs,' mosquitoes, blue-tail flies, moccasin snakes, lizards, scorpions, rebels, and other reptiles, pests, and vermin of the 'Old North State.' Embracing an account of the three-years and nine-months Massachusetts regiments in the department, the freedmen, etc., etc., etc.

The contents of the following pages are presented to the public

as matters of fact. They embody some of the writer's experiences

while serving his country in the "land of cotton." It is true his

experiences are tame and unromantic when compared with those of some

of the men of the Potomac or the Cumberland; but they are the best he

can offer, and need no apology, as the style does, which is rough and

unpolished.

Besides giving an account of the 17th Mass. Reg't, and its

participation in the engagements at Kinston, Whitehall, and

Goldsboro, something is said of the other old regiments in the

department, and the nine months' men,--also, an account of the

contrabands, their habits and disposition--anecdotes, &c.

Soldiering in North Carolina Being the experiences of a 'typo' in the pines, swamps, fields, sandy roads, towns, cities, and among the fleas, wood-ticks, 'gray-backs,' mosquitoes, blue-tail flies, moccasin snakes, lizards, scorpions, rebels, and other reptiles, pests, and vermin of the 'Old North State.' Embracing an account of the three-years and nine-months Massachusetts regiments in the department, the freedmen, etc., etc., etc. · 第 8 / 23 题