march at about eight o'clock
I had a hundred picked men with me , including Nol Grampus and Tom Rockets , whom I kept by me as my bodyguard . We got the soldiers all on shore by seven o'clock in the evening at Newportneuse , where I joined them with the blue-jackets . Meeting with no opposition , we were under the impression that our landing was unnoticed . Forming on the shore we began our march at about eight o'clock in good military order , the Rangers in front , the seamen in the centre , and the 80th in the rear , with advanced and flanking parties from the Rangers . I felt that we were in an enemy 's country , that any moment we might be attacked , and that such precautions as we were taking were in no way derogatory to those who would desire to be considered brave men . Others , as will afterwards be seen , held a different opinion and suffered accordingly . Captain Hawthorne , however , fully agreed with me in the wisdom of adopting the precautions I proposed .