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� 104 shot. Right before us were the Hampton Roads in which occurred the great naval engagement a few weeks since.
Our main purpose in visiting the Fortress was to obtain a new supply of provisions, have the ship cleaned and take in coal if necessary. Genl. Slocum therefore called upon Genl. Wool, so soon as the wharf was reached, and asked permission to land his troops. This he peremptorally refused and so the Genl. concluded to make a short stop. The officers were allowed to visit the fort with this understanding that they should return within an hour.
So we all started off. I in company with the chaplain of the 96th Pennsylvania. Just as we approached the entrance to the fortress we noticed a cavalcade riding out, and at the head of it we