. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . The sun rose beautifully and it turned out a splendid(lay. The same miserable sort of an existence was undergone today as wasendured yesterday—regular loafing. We tried to amuse ourselves but the meansof amusement were poor. The most inofitable source of pleasure was sailors appeared to be having a general jollification as the river was whitenearly all the day with
. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . The sun rose beautifully and it turned out a splendid(lay. The same miserable sort of an existence was undergone today as wasendured yesterday—regular loafing. We tried to amuse ourselves but the meansof amusement were poor. The most inofitable source of pleasure was sailors appeared to be having a general jollification as the river was whitenearly all the day with sails passing up toward Washington. Komer and Ben-jamin loaded up their men and started off. Battery .\, 5lh Regulars, had goneon the day before, their horses still being l)ack. Just after sundown Benja-mins monkey came in, full sail, with or<lers for reveille at 2 A. M., and hadhardly got out of the way when he was back again for boots and saddles immediately. The men were tired of loafing around and made the woodsfairly howl with lluir shouts of |()V. Iortunately we did not strike our tents,as the nionUe) soim came iiack with orders for us to move to the laniling at3 A. M., provided the morning was MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER From Fredericksburg to Fortress Monroe. 117 February loth.— Reveille at A. M.; rather early to get up; but soit was. We waited impatiently for 3 oclock to arrive, expecting then to berelieved of our unpleasant suspense; but 3 oclock brought with it visible dark-ness. We did not dare to move out of camp in the dark, as there was a verydangerous slough between us and the boats, and we needed light to passthrough it. We were thus compelled to wait until daylight, and were cheatedout of six hours rest; for when we arrived at the landing we had no boats toput the battery on. We were here at least two hours before we commencedloading. We were put aboard the same style of transports the other batterieswent off on—canal boats. We loaded th
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