Ditto [At anchor in the Seakonnet passage Rhode Island]

2 A.M. heared a gun fired from the rebel shore and saw a num­ber of flashes of guns fired from Fogland Ferry at a number of rebel boats boats supposed to have in troops with an intention to land on the Rhode Island side¹ at 6 A.M. guard Boat returned people employed in cleaning ship fore & aft—

D^o. W^r. [Fresh gales and heavy weather with hard rain] latter part moderate breazes and clouday weather at 4 P.M. hove up and stood further up the river and nearer the rebel shore at 6 P.M. came too a little below the black point with the small bower and veared to ½ a cable at 7 P.M. came and anchored here his Majestys row galley the alarm at 8 P.M. Long Boat row­ing guard