four o'clock
`` A shell burst right over Burnside 's tug ! '' exclaims Frank . `` It burst , and sprinkled the water all around it ! '' At four o'clock the last of the transports had entered the inlet , and rejoined the fleet . Soon after commenced preparations for the landing of the troops . The boats were lowered and manned , and the soldiers , descending from decks and spars , began to crowd into them . Knapsacks were left behind ; the men taking with them only their arms , overcoats , canteens , haversacks , and cartridge-boxes , with three days ' rations of pork , beef , and hard bread , and forty rounds of ball cartridges .