1 Bucks County Intelligencer, Camp
Davis August 6, 1861 Page 3
Col. 2 1
A party of the Doylestown Guards, consisting of Ser-
genat E. L. Rogers, and privates J. M. Rogers, Hendrie,
McCarty, Hough and Hefford, established an encampment
on the banks of the Delaware, above Point-Pleasant, last
week. The encampment consists of one of Uncle Sam’s
tents, procured by some ledgermain and is styled
“ Camp Davis.” We presume that the regular routine of
camp duties, such as drill, parade, and guard mounting,
are regularly performed. That this post is not without
danger is proved by the fact that one of the privates had
bullet holes through the soles of his shoes probably
received while they were turned in the direction of the
enemy’s pickets on the Jersey flats. Discipline is some-
times relaxed, and foraging parties sally in the adjoin-
ing country, in quest of snappers and other delicacies.