Litchfield enquirer., 1861-11-14
Camp Correspondence.
EIGHTH REGIMENT, CONN. Vol. l Annapolis. Md. Nov. [, 1861.


 Annapolis, Md, Nov. 7, 1861.
 Dear Enquirer :-The 9th Regiment is safe in new camp. and take the first leisure hour to let you know where we are and how we are get ting along.
 We can now realize that we are at last where we have longed to be for some time past, as there are few of us that have not sung,
 "I wish was in the land of Dixie" Some of our friends in Litohfeld may envy the genial climate of Annapolis, but would assure them that we are far from genial climate yet, indeed, my fingers are at this present writing quite, numb, and last night more of our company suffered from the cold than at any time while in Hartford or Jamaica.
 As soon as the Great Expedition is heard from we shall expect to move southward, and hope we may then find a truly genial climate.
 But must tsl you of our journey Ii her from Long Island. We started from Jamaica on Sat urday last, (Nov 2d) at 10 A. M. and arrived at Hunters Point near Williamsburg at IF M. The steamer Atlas came to take us with bag and baggage to Amboy, N. J., but we did not get off till after dark, and then had to lay to at the Battery, for several hours on account of high wind, and finally reached the Camden and Am boy E. R. wharf at daylight, and every man of us could say, "Oh, haze passed miserable night" and with no intention of saying anything poetical either; nor was it in dreams that we were made miserable, for one thousand and forty men, with horses, baggage, army wagons, and camp equipage ef every variety, huddled togeth- CT on dirty freight boat, left little chance for sleep, or dreams, or anything akin to either.
 At sunrise we were made happy by being transferred to the Camden and Amboy cars, and though it was Sunday morning, and though we were on railroad given to baggage smashing and bone breaking, we were joyous, and sung psalm tunes, rode on the top of the cars till or dered down by Colonel Harland, cheered the stars and stripes wherever it foated, and nibbled at our rations of hard crackers and salt beef till we reached Philadelphia, just at noon. Let my right hand forget her cunning if forget the City of Brothcrly Love: Not little of her love was shown to us. in an awful good dinner, which made our hearts glad; they would have leapcd for joy had it not been for the amount of sand wiches, cheese, beef, ham and coffee that kept them down.
 After feasting on Quaker city dinner and also OH the beauty of the Quaker city dansels for several hours, we departed for Perryville a little village on the Susquehanna, and arrived there at A. M Monday morning, and were sl fo ;, til sunrise. We found no steamer ready to take us to Annapolis, but We found plenty of soldiers stationed about the place and saw 17.OOO mules and about 2.0o0 horses belonging to one fellow named Uncle Sam. Perryville is horse and mule depot, and every other man you meet is 8 mule. never got among such a stubborn lot of beings since was born.
 At sundown on Monday six companies of the Regiment left for Annapolis on little steamer, and the boys were packed in like pork. Our compsny was not among the six, your cor respondent had the pleasure of sleeping on the soft side of 2 rubber blanket one more night in the spacious depot it Perryville, with six hun drcd less soldiers for company than tie night before.
 On Tuesday at noon tEc four remaining con,- panes went aboard the steamer Wyoming, which landed IS at Annapolis at o'clock tic same evening. ie were marched to St JoIin's Col icge from whicI, the students time since seeded, and there lodged for two nights, board thrown in. We were welcomed to the city by a depuation of b!scks, each bearing lie: coffee, sweet potatoes, corn cake, oysters and cigars, at moderate prices.
 To day pitched our canvass village, and arc all glad of an abiding place once more. The Enquirer we hope will follow us to An narolis. It has reached us promptly thus far. Yours truly, V.
 r. s. The Litchield boys in the Eighth Reg't notice with pleasurs that the Litchfeld ladies are mindful of them, we will try to be good sol- diers, and fight good fight, and hope to merit nything done in our behalf