April 10, 1862
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MARVELLOUS STORIES- It is not often that marvelous tales are told of the doings of North Carolina soldiers. But we find two in the Petersburg Express, as related by Mr. C. O. White (Manager of a troupe of Minstrels) who says he commanded a battery below Newbern during the late fight there. Speaking of the retreat, he says:
“Eight miles from Newbern, a member of the 27th N. C. Regiment, named M. M. Hunter, was found lying on the track, with a portion of his head blown off by an exploding shell. He had walked that distance, when he fell down from the loss of blood. He was taken up, but died on reaching Goldsboro.”
“Another soldier, who had been shot through the head by a musket ball, was walking about Goldsboro Friday evening, with the blood streaming from both sides, in the pursuit of a physician. He complained but little, and said his pains were not severe.”
[Transcribed by: Sharon Strout]