School history of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1879 . eight hours the struggle continued forthis purpose. Colonel Leaventhorpe with his command,the Eleventh or Bethel regiment, supporting the gunsunder McCleese, bore th^ brunt of the battle and bravelydrove them from the river banks. 21. In this highly creditable battle the enemy were defeat-ed with the loss of more than a thousand men, while theConfederates disabled were less than one-liftli of thatnumber. eral Fosters next move? 20. AVliat atWliitellall? 21,What was the loss there? 22. AVhat follovcd at Gohlsboro y GOVEBNOR VANCE
School history of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1879 . eight hours the struggle continued forthis purpose. Colonel Leaventhorpe with his command,the Eleventh or Bethel regiment, supporting the gunsunder McCleese, bore th^ brunt of the battle and bravelydrove them from the river banks. 21. In this highly creditable battle the enemy were defeat-ed with the loss of more than a thousand men, while theConfederates disabled were less than one-liftli of thatnumber. eral Fosters next move? 20. AVliat atWliitellall? 21,What was the loss there? 22. AVhat follovcd at Gohlsboro y GOVEBNOR VANCE, 269 22. General Foster finding it impossible to force a cross-ing at White Hall, pushed on for Goldsboro and succeed-ed in burning the bridge over the Neuse, Several thou-sands of troops were in the town, two iriiles away, but onlyClingmans Brigade and two battalions of South were ordered by General Evans to assail the army ofthe invaders. They did so to no ])urpose, and were drive^back. General Foster at once retreated to Isew Pern,. 270 JJJBTORY OF NOBTH CAROLINA, CHAPTEE XXXVI, A. D. 1863. Yellow Fever at Wilmliio:ton—General Wliitinc^—The Blockarle—Con^dition of the State—Great Military Efforts—The Hospital?—Ad-jutant General Fowle—^Sur<^eon Genei-al Warren—Dr. Charles3^. Johnson—Condition of Civil Ki^^hts—Messrs. B. F. Moore andLewis Thompson—Generals Brago-, Polk, D. H. Hill, Holmes,J^oring-, Robert Ransom and McCulloh=—Brii^adier Generals— Peter Mallett and the Conscripts—Hooker is beaten atChaneellorsville—Death of Stonewall Jackson-^Captiire of Win^ Chester The Great Disaster at Gettysburg; North Carolina Losses—Generals Pender and Pettigrew—Affairs at HilPs Bridiieand Boones Mill—Brandy Station—Depression. iLMiNGTON been terribly scourged by yellowy?^4 fever in tbe Fall of 1862. More tlian two tbou^jsand persons perished in that city; then containing lessthan five times that population, Brigadier G
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