May 2d. Last night at eleven P. M., after we were all sound asleep, an orderly came from brigade headquarters with written orders, directing the regiment to be in marching order by twelve o’clock, formed on the color line. I jumped out of bed, ran to the company commanders, hustled them out, and had the regiment formed at the appointed hour. We saw the other troops of the division parading on their color line, and expected something serious was about to occur, but it did not. We stood in line till about seven o’clock and were then dismissed and ordered to pitch tents again, and get breakfast. Upon investigation, we learned the whole movement was a fancy of General Sumner, who desired to see how quickly he could get his command ready for action. He found out, and we lost a night’s sleep.
