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as we had till morning you can not imagine. Our camp was not the only one around. Every camp of our brigade was the same busy scene and from all of their baggage wagons now sent to the city to obtain the extra rations which we needed for the coming march. We had roll call as [illegible] at 1/2 past 4 o'clock, and at 6 o'clock packed ready for the march. All were anxious to go, and all day we were kept in [suspense?] waiting for the orders to start But alas! night came and we [we?] ordered to prepare for spending the night in our old camp. 2 hrs morning at 3 o'clock we were [illegible] ordered to feed the horses, prepare breakfast, and pack up for to march - at 6 o'clock we were started on (the right and left sections) leaving the centre section, guns 3 and 4. 2 hrs you see our battery has been temporarily divided. Guns 1 - 2 - 5 - and 6 going with the Captain, and and two of 1 hr [illegible], and guns 3 and 4 gone in a different direction under the command of the 1st and 2nd Lieut. I of course know nothing of the point of the battery which was left, except that they are going to work at some minor point, they were hitched up and ready to start when we left. [8pm?] [Eakin?] is [one?] [that?] [illegible]