August 27th. At 5 A. M. disembarked and marched up the hills, which here form a very high and steep bluff, bivouacking near the woods a short distance in rear, stacked arms and lay down; in a few minutes we were ordered back again to the docks, and on board the steamer United States, bound for Alexandria. What a mass of soldiers were arriving and departing from this point! The shore was covered as far as one could see with troops, and incessant streams of men were in motion in different directions. Events of great importance are evidently impending, but we received very little information of what was going on.
“The shore was covered as far as one could see with troops, and incessant streams of men were in motion in different directions.” –Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill.
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