Col. McCullough and the 16th to Wilmington, N.C.

Following on from my last past, after the incident with the gunships, Col. James McCullough and the 16^th S.C. continued to cool their heels in Adams Run until December, when this record announces their imminent movement.

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Charleston, S.C., December 13, 1862

Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood,

Commanding, Adams Run, S.C.:

The seven companies of McCullough’s 16th South Carolina Volunteers at Adams Run and the seven of Nelson’s battalion at the same place hold in readiness for transportation, with four days’ cooked provisions, with 40 rounds of ammunition in cartridge box and 60 in reserve, in light marching order, with cooking utensils, and two tents per company and two ford field and staff of each battalion. Repeat message.

            G. T. Beauregard

                        General, Commanding.

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A later record reveals that the regiments left Charleston by train on December 15, 1862 and arrived in Wilmington, N.C. on December 17, 1862.