Soon after noon the
regiment formed in line for parade through some of the principal streets.
Received a great reception all along the line of march. After the parade
marched on board the steamer City of Norwich, which soon got under way and
moved slowly down the river. With cheers and waving of handkerchiefs we again
said goodbye to home and friends. Sadness came over the men as we looked back
on the scene, the crowds on the dock and the city. How we did wish the war was
over. We were in for three years, or during the war, and are bound to stick
until the end comes and peace reigns throughout our land. All is quiet on board
the boat. Hunting for some place to lie down for sleep.
SOURCE: Charles H.
Lynch, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn.
Vol's, p. 51
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