Jan. 25, 1862: David L. Day, of the 25th Massachusetts Infantry, is aboard a ship in the Burnside-Goldsborough Expedition, which has been stymied by stormy weather and a high bar at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Today he writes in his journal:
"Jan. 25. The storm is at last over, for to-day at least. It has cleared off warm and pleasant, and is the first bright day since we came here. Business is brisk to-day; all is bustle and hurry. There is quite a change of scene, the boats’ decks are covered with soldiers, shouting and cheering each other; the bands are all out playing, and altogether it is quite a contrast to the miserable life we have been living. Our attention is taken up watching the operations going on in the harbor, among the shipping. Steamers are being towed across the swash into the sound, and steamers and tugs are at work straining every nerve to pull off the boats that are ashore."
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