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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], On board steamer Satellite, (search)
e sea was very high, and about all the Satellite could stand. It would have availed us little then to have made out a sell, for the sea was too rough for boarding and our small boats would probably have swamped in such weather. At 2 o'clock we turned back, and a little before day made Stingray Point.--Fearing the Currituck might have returned during the night and dropped into the anchorage, Lt. Wood sent up a signal light; but it was not answered, and we ran safely inside. Monday, August 24, 1863. In the gray of the morning we ran some five miles up the river, and came to anchor near Gray's Point. Being out all night, as well as the two nights previous, everybody was much exhausted, and, as soon as the anchor dropped over the side, nearly all dropped to sleep upon the deck. Having suffered severely with sea sickness during the night our cavalry were a forlorn looking set, and it was pitiful to see their pale, uneasy faces. Nothing of importance occurred during t