Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1862-05-20
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theln pul the cool hlguU Hl's1 M"ny
preferred 10 take tile e1anceS lor Il nap on
the wharf walkeu along that crowded
ca1seway ABOUT nAuh'gntto smoke cigar
J ana study the art OIL alViVnues anu groups
a plle OF mattresses hau neeh erecteu on
the wharf ana covered WIN canvas On
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wherever there was place large enough
to hold one TN pie oil canvas were
several doctors ana newspaper reporters
rolled III blankets like nuhdieS Just land-
ed' Under lol oil IRON rails, lonnl Il
double row, ana rccollecteu the proprlety
OF placing sleepers under rails. at length
/ erept between two tents ana surrendered
: myself to what our Brigade surgeon
! styled, iehartfafe.
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r as soon as expected, IN order rot To H.
= tlguc the men by Keeping them on thI
, boats, We we're ordered back TO camp IA
= the morning, and told to pitch our tent'
:, again. Tins order not being thoroughly
l. understood, was executed with great re
luctancci we pitched our tents and agaiI
h. prepared to undergo our former trials o
!. patience. AT noon, We received another
: order 10 embark ut once we were in
II stantly ready, as we were 10 carry nothing
? but knapsacks, and taken on the boat
= once more. The troops on the expedition
= were MS follows, in the order of embarka
t, ton: Goth Regiment N. Y. Vols Is
Regiment Del. Vols 99th Regiment N
Y. Vols-only four companies 10th N
70 Y. Vols 10th Mass. Vols. 5sth Pa
n Vols, and one Company of volunteer
III from the Fort one company of Mounte,
Rifles, and two batteries Of light artillery
At III O'Clock. the signal was given 70
in starting, and the fleet steamed of toward
Willonphby,s Point following the niloi
Ps boat which carried Briaodier Genera
If Max Weber and STAFF Who then had com
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