eleven o'clock
I was uneasy ; I wished that we could find a means for communicating with our friends in the rear ; if they would open fire again , we might rush out . Yet after all it was best to be quiet until dark . I relieved Freeman at the porthole ; Holt relieved Thompson at the bend . Since eleven o'clock Fort Willis had not fired a shot ; our game had been blocked . The notion now came to me that if the rebels wanted us , the way to get us would be to send men up the ravine just before dark , and at the same time for a squad of them to steal through the woods to our left , where they would be ready for us when we should steal out . `` Sergeant ! '' `` What ? ''