| From the Raleigh Confederate |
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| October 15, 1864 |
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| From Eastern North Carolina |
| Our correspondent at Kinston, informs us
that a company of cavalry, supposed to be about one hundred strong,
threatened our front on the 12th instant, at Nobles' farm, 13 miles
from Kinston, on the Trent road, causing our pickets to retire from
that point for a time. The Yankees then moved down the line in a
northeasterly direction via Wise's Fork, until they reached the
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad at Rouse's station, where they
attempted to capture six wagons, teams, and teamsters (negroes) under
the control of Capt. J. J. Robinson, of the Navy Department, that were
engaged in moving Railroad iron from below the lines to Kinston. They
signally failed, however, and had to retreat in confusion, on being
assailed by a squad of the 6th N. C. Cavalry, and a detachment of
Colonel Whitford's regiment, who were laying in wait for them. |
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