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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 143 (search)
Energy of Yankee soldiers.--A party of rebel soldiers went up from Fort Macon and destroyed the most important bridge upon the railroad — that across the creek near Lucknow, or Newport station, eight miles below Havelock. The object was evidently to prevent the advance of the Union forces eastward, to Morehead City and Beaufort. On the Sunday following Major Wright, in command of the Fifth Rhode Island, arrived at the bridge, and, after examining its condition, reported to Generals Parke and Burnside, when the latter ordered the immediate reconstruction of the bridge. Major Wright, who is one of the most thorough civil engineers connected with the expedition, and a practical mechanic, was charged with the execution of the order, and Captain M. D. Field, with a party of mechanics, were detailed to cooperate. A number of colored mechanics, picked up in the neighborhood, were also brought into use. The bridge was a truss structure of one hundred and ninety feet span, and cost near