| From the Alexandria (La.) Constitutional |
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| April 27, 1861 |
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| ***** On the banks of the
Perdido the men wrapped themselves in their blankets and slept,
without tents, for it was a clear night, although cool.
Next morning the remaining six miles of the route were made by
eight o'clock, when the stage depot on the railroad was reached.
The train from Montgomery
was due at 9 o'clock, but we were told that as the cars {on
the Alabama & Florida (of Florida) RR} came down
crowded with troops every day, their time was not at all punctual, and
it was impossible to tell at what hour they would be along.
So it proved, for the train only got there at two o'clock, and
then every passenger car was crowded with companies of riflemen from
Georgia and Eastern Florida, so that the Zouaves had to crowd
themselves upon piles of baggage, and even sit on the roofs of the
passenger cars to get down to Pensacola. |
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