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they were placed under an [awning?] and [covered?] by american flags and there remained under guard till Saturday noon.

           During the morning their names were put upon their respective coffins, and the battery put in order to escort them to the depot. 
   After dinner the horses were hitched up, the bodies placed upon the Caisons, coverd by american flags and everything being ready we took up our slow march for the depot, at [illegible]. 
            Arriving at the depot, the guns and caisons were drawn up in line, the company formed in two lines facing each other, the corpses borne between them and deposited in the cars, to be buried mid greater honors at home.  This is the sadest duty which our battery has had to perform during more than 8 months of service.  John C. Camberg,