[additions to the entry for August 21]
Next morning (the 21st ) were turned
out at three A. M. and by day light were
again in motion. Arrived at Newport News at
noon; from this place we were ordered to
Hampton. where we are to ship for Aquia.
Creek, Arrived at Hampton or “rather the
place where it once stood, the rebs having
burned it after the battle of Great Bethel.
At four P. M we went into camp. This
march has been a very pleasant one but the
dust has been so very thick, that one might
catch it by hands full, as it flew in the air.
On the 23rd the batteries were shipped on the
old Chelsea Ferry boat, Winnissimmet.
Cloudy and rainy all day and night. On the
24th the Horses were shipped on the
schooners Annie Magie and Filander,
Haul^‘e’d out in the stream and anchored
for the night.
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