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Letter. Rufus A. Barrier, Kinston, North Carolina, aboard the train for Petersburg, to Mathias Barrier, Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina
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Barrier is bound for Petersburg. He is greatly fatigued and has been "in the saddle" for 21 days. He reports that Washington, North Carolina has been evacuated by the enemy. The regiment had been about to march on Newbern, North Carolina when they received new orders to proceed to Virginia.