nearly midnight before
Lieutenant Walden , having been upon Bunker Hill , led the way , followed by soldiers from Connecticut and Massachusetts , and two carts loaded with picks and shovels . They marched in silence . Lieutenant Walden conducted them across the Neck and up the slope of the Hill . It was nearly midnight before it was decided just where Colonel Gridley should mark out the contemplated fortifications . -LSB- 69 -RSB- Lieutenant Walden conducted Captain Nutting and ten sentinels to the ferry landing . They were but a little distance from the frigate Somerset at anchor in the stream . Farther up , towards Lechmere 's Point , were the Glasgow , Cerberus , and Symetry .