Leave for Richmond--Ordered to Evansport, Va., to Blockade the 140
Potomac--Worthless Ammunition--Forces on the Maryland
Shore--Constant Firing All Winter--Orders to Fall Back to
Fredericksburg--"Come to Richmond Immediately"--Orders from Gen.
Lee--New Berne Falls--Relieve Branch at Kinston--Ordered to
Wilmington--Build Defenses--Fort Fisher Constructed--Col.
William Lamb in Command--Running the Blockade--Whitworth
Guns--July 17, 1862, Placed in Command of the Department of
North Carolina and Southern Virginia--Defend a Line from the
Appomattox to Cape Fear--July 31, Shell Gen. McClellan's
Army--Constructed Defenses of Petersburg--Battle of
Fredericksburg--Pelham--President Calls for Me--Gen. Lee's
Considerate Conduct--Gen. Foster at Tarboro, N. C.--He
Interviews an Old Darky--Railroad Bridge at Goldsboro, N. C.,
Burned--Weak Defense Made--How I Got Supplies from Suffolk--Mrs.
Johnston and Gen. Viele--Was Fannie Cooper a Spy?--Martial
Law--Sidney Lanier--Flag of Truce Boats--Exchange of Prisoners