Arrived in Baltimore
early this morning. Nothing happened to mar the pleasure of the journey. All
were soon out of the cars, line quickly formed, ready to march from the Camden
Street station to the Philadelphia R. R. station, on the east side. Our march
led through Pratt Street, the scene of the attack on the 6th Massachusetts
regiment in April, 1861, by the Baltimore toughs, who claimed to be in sympathy
with the South.
At the Philadelphia
station a train was soon made ready for us, which we quickly boarded, and were
soon under way, passing the scenes of our first soldier life, Camp Emory and
Fort Marshall. These were points of interest to us, and very pleasant recollections.
After an uneventful trip we arrived in Philadelphia late this P. M. Ordered out
of the cars, line formed for marching, stopping at a place known as the Cooper
Shop, where a good dinner was served by the ladies of Philadelphia. It was a
very pleasant occasion in our lives, never to be forgotten. Again journeying on
towards New York. Our train being special was often side-tracked and we were
forced to wait.
SOURCE: Charles H.
Lynch, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn.
Vol's, p. 48-9
