The Greensborough Patriot

June 5, 1862

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            THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN.—James Sinclair, lately Colonel of the 35^th Regiment, N.C.V., takes issue in some important point with the official report of General L. O’B. Branch, concerning the battle of Newbern, and pledges himself to prove, as soon as circumstances permit investigation, “that the battle of Newbern was lost, 1^st. by drunkenness, 2d. by incompetency, 3^rd. personal lack of courage and presence of mind in the presence of the enemy.—Pet. Express.”