Working on the road
the same as yesterday until about five o'clock P. M., when an orderly came to
me with an order to report at camp immediately; arrived there and found
everything getting ready for a start. At eight o'clock, the order “fall in,”
was given, and we were soon on our way down the mountain; a dark night and
pouring rain. On arriving down at the foot of the mountain, we were strung
along by companies between there and Sandy Hook. We then learned that the whole
army had moved to Point of Rocks to cut off a rebel force that was said to be
marching on Baltimore. The night was uncomfortable on account of the rain and
having to bunk down on the road without blankets, but we managed to get through
it.
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 17
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