about two A.M. of the night of May
19th
Look there ! They grow very bold , these New York soldiers . They have come to inspect us . '' * * * * * It was night in New York City -- about two A.M. of the night of May 19th and 20th . Our mountain ledge was within a store on the east side of Fifth Avenue at 36th Street . We seemed to be but one story above the pavement . The shadowy outlines of a large rectangular room with great lines of show-cases dividing it into wide aisles .