He knew that a great movement was at hand, but he was becoming so thoroughly inured to danger and hardship that he slept soundly all through the night.
They heard early the next morning the sound of many trumpets and Colonel Winchester's regiment formed for embarkation.

All the puffing steamers were now in the Ohio, and Dick saw with them many other vessels which were not used for carrying soldiers.

He saw broad, low boats, with flat bottoms, their sides sheathed in iron plates.

They were floating batteries moved by powerful engines beneath.

Then there were eight huge mortars, a foot across the muzzle, every one mounted separately upon a strong barge and towed.