. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . day as on the first. We were quartered but a few days in the Navybuilding and were glad enough to go into camp and getsofter beds upon the ground. From these buildings, w^ewere moved to the banks of the Severn river, half a mileor so away. The first night our tents had not arrived,and we bivouacked. It was in the evening and we hard-ly knew the ground that we were upon; in themorning we found ourselves in an old and neglectedgraveyard. We also found ourselves, many of us, layingin puddles of water, two to three inches deep in someplaces,
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . day as on the first. We were quartered but a few days in the Navybuilding and were glad enough to go into camp and getsofter beds upon the ground. From these buildings, w^ewere moved to the banks of the Severn river, half a mileor so away. The first night our tents had not arrived,and we bivouacked. It was in the evening and we hard-ly knew the ground that we were upon; in themorning we found ourselves in an old and neglectedgraveyard. We also found ourselves, many of us, layingin puddles of water, two to three inches deep in someplaces, there having been a tremendous dow^npour in thenight. The next day our tents arrived, and the camppitched in regular order. It was on the i8th of October that the troops wereembarked on transports and sailed for Fortress Mon-roe, where the navy as convoy was ordered to also ren-dezvous. It w^as not until the 29th of October that theexpedition sailed out of Hampton Roads, with the bowsof the ships pointing southward, nearly 100 ships in all, 44 i. r-f.
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