Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . of the of the loth Corps, witli itswagon train, came near l)eni^- h»-t by the de>tructi at h-ast three miles in width, hada stiff current lille<i with drift wood, au-1 could not be safelybridged by frail pontoons. Slocum had the necessary ])luckand energy to vunnouiit obstacles otVci-ed by the enemy, butwas unable toculi-ide. Ill tht week (jf FebiMiary there came acohl snap, the water >ul»ided suthcient to permit thelavimr ofpontoons, ai\il the ti-oops coiumeiued (ro>sing; the Id Division ,<-r^a*s»5-, .•i
Memories of the 149th RegtNYVolInft., 3d Brig., 2 Div., 12th and 20th AC . of the of the loth Corps, witli itswagon train, came near l)eni^- h»-t by the de>tructi at h-ast three miles in width, hada stiff current lille<i with drift wood, au-1 could not be safelybridged by frail pontoons. Slocum had the necessary ])luckand energy to vunnouiit obstacles otVci-ed by the enemy, butwas unable toculi-ide. Ill tht week (jf FebiMiary there came acohl snap, the water >ul»ided suthcient to permit thelavimr ofpontoons, ai\il the ti-oops coiumeiued (ro>sing; the Id Division ,<-r^a*s»5-, .•ic£~. ^^, IIKNKV N. lU ICIIANS. SAVAXXAH TO GOLDSnOIiO. 303 of the ^oth (oips on tlio 4tli of Foliniarv. As each reLrinientstej)}»e(l on South Caroiiiia soil the men Lrave three cheers. Before kaviiiLr Savannah ^laj. (irunihacli received a leaveof absence aiitl went lionie and was succeeded in command oftlie reijiment by Capt. II. X. lluilians. The number presentfor duty at the commencement of this camiiaii^n was ly otHcers,2X^1 mii>ket-lnariiiu- mtii, and Lt; daily >i()ned >tatf ; niakiuL;- a total of •2S4 men. After erosvini;- the Sa\aiinah lliver the Id Division movedup stream about two mi!e>, drew nine days ratinns of bivad,?coffee and suaar, ami four of meat, three of which were takenin haversacks and the balance in waurnis, and commenced themarch through the swamps and })ine barrens of South Carolina. The sea coast of North and South Carolina is bordered l>v arauL^e of low sandv islands. The main land, inside of t
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