about
eight in the morning
H. 's occupation , of course , is gone , his office closed . Every man has to carry a pass in his pocket . People do nothing but eat what they can get , sleep when they can , and dodge the shells . There are three intervals when the shelling stops , either for the guns to cool or for the gunners ' meals , I suppose , -- about eight in the morning , the same in the evening , and at noon . In that time we have both to prepare and eat ours . Clothing can not be washed or anything else done . On the 19th and 22d , when the assaults were made on the lines , I watched the soldiers cooking on the green opposite .