[from the diary of Jesse Calvin Spaulding, Co. F., 25th Massachusetts]
Sunday
Dec 14
Had a real good sleep last night and
got up about five o'clock this morning
Read two or three Psalms and feel real well now.
O God be with us and keep us this day (Half past two)
News is just brought to us here, that several
hundred rebels are taken and that they are beaten
Glory be to God who has given us the victory.
Our regiment supported Belgers battery, but
was not engaged. (night). We have just entered
Kinston about dark. The rebels tried to burn
the bridge but did not succeed as our troops
followed them so closely. We are encamped
now just in the edge of the city and the boys are
engaged in cooking their supper. I feel pretty well
tired out but thank God that He has brought us
in safety through the perils of the day and
answered my prayer that I might not fight
on the Sabbath. I saw Frank Nourse to night
and talked with him and now I lay me down
to sleep in God's hands. I forgot to mention
that we started yesterday at a quarter past
nine in the morning. It is just nine months
to day since the battle of New Berne
MSS 11293
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