Towards mid month, with news surrounding the events of the First Manassas being dispensed, Company H which had been stationed at the Gosport Naval Yard since the outbreak of hostilities requested of General Huger to be reunited with the regiment fearing they would miss the war. Their first request was dismissed, however upon submitting a second they received the news they had sought and on the 21st left the naval yard. Escorted by the 3rd Regiment of Georgia, they took the Norfolk &amp; Petersburg train to Zuni and from there marched to Camp Cook arriving the following day. The feeling of idleness was also present within the regiment who described themselves as "being buried at Smithfield" so much so that on the 9th of the month, Colonel Pryor sent a secret dispatch to his friend James M. Mason requesting that he leverage his power as a Virginia congressmen to secure transfer to a more active regiment whatever their present disposition may be. The following is an excerpt from that letter: