mattis river and point of rocks, and broadway landing. this disembarkation began in the middle of the afternoon of the 14th, and would continue until after dark. meanwhile, scott hancock's second core, at 8:30 am received orders from need to cross the river, utilizing that makeshift fleet that grant had assembled, while the engineers were putting the final touches on the pontoon bridge. before noon, the first of hancock score boarded their boats, and by 1 pm on the 14th, they were ashore on the right bank. the -- such as the new jersey shoulder who had grown disenchanted with the virginia landscape. as we steamed across the beautiful river, he said our hearts were filled with new hope. four we had bid farewell to the swamp, of the chickahominy, of a long line of graves that stretch not only behind the portland sala, but across the hills and valleys, and streams, and fertile feels, and tangled -- a virginia up to the rapid and. we were bidding farewell, he said, to the old battlefields. and entering upon a new field of operations. no, it would take hancock until about dawn, on the morning of june 15th to vary his three divisions across the river. but by 5 am, t