[from the diary diary of Samuel Johnson of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]
April 28th
Yesterday and to day the 1st N. J. F. Co. 1st
N. Y. and our battery were busy disembar-
-king their pieces and cassions. There
has been an incessant cannonading between
our gun boats and the batteries at
Gloucester Point. D. Co. 2nd N. Y. re-embarked
their battery to day. Cool and pleasant.
[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 8493