. Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . e head of the lane, after which we resumed our march,the Twenty-Seventh at the rear of the column. Darkness had closed upon us and the deserted embers ofthe bivouac had been fanned into vast forest fires skirtingthe road through which we were forced to pass. The scenewas inexpressibly grand, while the suffocating smoke and in-tense heat endured was only an exchange from what we mustotherwise have suffered from our drenched clothes and the in-clement night. W
. Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . e head of the lane, after which we resumed our march,the Twenty-Seventh at the rear of the column. Darkness had closed upon us and the deserted embers ofthe bivouac had been fanned into vast forest fires skirtingthe road through which we were forced to pass. The scenewas inexpressibly grand, while the suffocating smoke and in-tense heat endured was only an exchange from what we mustotherwise have suffered from our drenched clothes and the in-clement night. We continued our march until midnight, andbivouacked on the ground of the night previous, glad even formother earth on which to rest our wearied and chafed Foster complimented the bravery and endurance ofLees Brigade on its arrival, adding by way of encourage-ment, In a week we shall be in Wilmington. Arrivingat Kinston he learned of the defeat of Genl Burnside atFredericksburg. Learning also that Genl Dix had notmoved from Suffolk, he continued* his march back to NewBerne. The enemy followed the retiring column, dropping.
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