Lay quietly in camp until at dress parade we were surprised by orders received by the Colonel to take up the march and leave our camp for the boat at Mount Pleasant to proceed to James Island in light marching order. The enemy had made quite a formidable demonstration on Johns Island and we were ordered to Fort Pemberton1 on James Island to be in readiness to proceed forthwith to Johns. We marched to Mt. Pleasant for, and took the steamer there for Dill’s Bluff. We were about four hours crossing, caused by the steamer running aground, but at last arrived, landed, and bivouacked for the night.
1 Fort Pemberton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pemberton