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General and staff live in tents. I missed seeing him, as he had left at seven o'clock for the front; I had a pleasant interview, however, with his adjutant-general, who gave me a pass to Bermuda Hundred. In coming back to the hotel, I observed, in an open space near by, about one hundred soldiers' graves; each had a small board placed at the head. On examining them, I found one was the grave of Ebria Shockley, Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, died June 26, 1864; and another, the grave of Charles Caldwell, Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, died June 22, 1864. I made a memorandum, and sent it home, to ascertain if these deaths had ever been reported. From the exposed position of this burial-place, all traces of the graves will be obliterated in a few weeks. Oct. 27.—Having obtained my pass, I concluded to visit General Butler's headquarters, and the Army of the James. The boat left City Point at eleven o'clock for Bermuda Hundred, which is three miles distant,