about midnight
He awoke now and then and over a wide area saw the sinking fires and the moving forms of men . He felt that a sense of uneasiness pervaded the officers . He knew that many of them considered their forces inadequate for the siege of a fortress defended by a large army , but he felt with the sincerity of conviction also , that Grant would never withdraw . He heard from Colonel Winchester about midnight in one of his wakeful intervals that General Grant was going down the river to see Commodore Foote . The brave leader of the fleet had been wounded severely in the last fight with the fort , and the general wished to confer with him about the plan of operations . But Dick heard only vaguely . The statement made no impression upon him at that time .