Litchfield enquirer., 1861-10-31
9TH RECT, c. V., Oct. 20, 1861. 1

DEAR -: On Thursday last, at 2 P. NJ. We left Camp Buckingham. and moved througl
 Main and State Streets in platoons of Hal Companies, covering the whole ground betweer the side de-walks-house-t tops, windows, side walks and every standing place covered with men, wo men, children, cheering and shouting-crowdine up into the ranks to shake hands with soldiers
 and members of the 10th, whenever we passed them, would cry out to us" Go it Bully Eightf
 we'll be with you in a few days" and the after noon was very warm and sultry-our load som. 60 or 70 pounds and no halt in march of 2l1 or miles made us sweat like men moving, but
 we stood it like T'rojans.
 The steamers Granite State" and "Mary
 Benton" were chartered to take us-the Granite 1 taking Companies B. D., F., G., H.. I. and K. the little Mary taking A., c. and E., and or leaving Hartford we took for nations, hard crackers and 2pieces cold ham to man-ex
 pecting to go no farther than they would last us At 1% past 4, we left the Dock the Mary leading in fiue style and the Granite closely following then came on a scene which pen and words fai to descrbe-it seemed as if Bedlam had broke loose and everybody were trying to see which could make the most noise; 7; discharges of can
 non, waving of flags from the house tops, cheers from every pair Of lungs on shore the two boats crowded from the guards to the upper deck with men thick as swarm of bees and every one of them shouting like mad-this continuing till we reached the Sound after dark. The Granite having the Col. and Staff on board were entitled to the lead and took it soon after starting and the little Mary followed with her cutwater pokine close into the Granite's stern often within few fcet-once hitting her in the stein. Granite stopped at Middletown to land passengers--wt led on going into the Sound or miles ahead down the Sound near Long Island, but the Gran ite being the fastest boat passed us off New Ha ven some miles on our right, and put into Peck Slip. N. Y., at halt past Friday morning. We kept on and reached Staten Island at half past }. and the Granite came alongside at (more cheerng) on the way down. Some of the men lay and slept by spreading our beds on the deck As for myself, I had two short maps on the up per deck in chair near the smoke stack, and about 2 o'clock, there came shower, which drove all on upper deck down below. staid ] through it, the only one, and did not get very wet ; at it set in raining hard, and l had to go below and rough it with the rest.
 On reaching Staten Island Sound they had over 10 Reg, there already ard had no room for us. We lay at the Dock till 10 A. NJ. and then started back to Hunters Point near Williams burgh at ll:l5, part of us filed l2 cars and started inland on Long Island, rode about hours and made miles, On the ride, many ofthe men got of the train while in motion and stol- tomatoes, cabbages, apples and turnips-stoned the dogs, and flung kisses to women-"Et Ce- tera"-getting on again without difficulty !; at 4 another train brought up more of the Regt, at S1% the last of the Regt. arrived on the ground. Our baggage came sometime during the night at dark the Regt. stacked arms and lay down on the bare ground in place of tents, and got up in the morning covered with dew and fog; guns looking like parcel of old iron from effects of salt water fog ; on Saturday afternoon we pitch ed our tents and got into them just in time to test them with heavy thunder-shower. On leaving Hartford detailed guard to take care o our beds, kept watch of them till we reached here; and when we got here, the Quartermaster gave out beds to the first corners who picded out the best of them, and leaving all the dirty ones. Capt Smith refused to take them. and saysif he cannot have his own beds, he would buy new ones rather than talks these. So we lay without beds or straw and got along first rate- It is now Sunday morning, of our tent are seated on the ground writing. with our knap Fl sacks for tahles-the sun shines beauti,oliy' the weather mild-and all around us LOOKS lUsey' Tseay Cars are running within l2 rods Of on1 Oamp.
 Where or when we go from here you know w as well as do, but it is the impression that "e go tin few dayS.