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George C. Burmeister diary, 1861
1861-06-13 -- 1861-06-14
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Thurs. 13 making preparations to depart this afternoon. We received 40 cartridges each, and put them in our cartridge boxes, this looks a little war like. About 4 o'clock the regt. started through town, and went on board the steamer Jeannie Deane, left the wharf amid the continuous cheering of the thousands of citizens who had congregated on the levee to witness our embarkation. The volunteers felt well, for they supposed a battle to be near at hand where they could distinguish themselves. The steamer is pretty crowded. We arrived at Hannibal city about midnight. After considerable confusion we were quartered in a depot building, where we were ordered to lie down on the floor as we stood, on our arms, I stood guard for a while, and then took up my lodgings in a baggage car, where I sank quietly into the arms of Morpheus. Frid. 14 Very little breakfast did we get this morning. I looked at the town and vicinity. I retired into one of the passenger cars, where I had a comfortable sleep. I begged a morsel of bread and raw bacon of one German, and then hastened to place myself into the rank with my company, which is ordered out to protect the South River bridge, a few miles from Palmyra, and 13 miles from Hannibal. About the middle of the afternoon we started on
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Thurs. 13 making preparations to depart this afternoon. We received 40 cartridges each, and put them in our cartridge boxes, this looks a little war like. About 4 o'clock the regt. started through town, and went on board the steamer Jeannie Deane, left the wharf amid the continuous cheering of the thousands of citizens who had congregated on the levee to witness our embarkation. The volunteers felt well, for they supposed a battle to be near at hand where they could distinguish themselves. The steamer is pretty crowded. We arrived at Hannibal city about midnight. After considerable confusion we were quartered in a depot building, where we were ordered to lie down on the floor as we stood, on our arms, I stood guard for a while, and then took up my lodgings in a baggage car, where I sank quietly into the arms of Morpheus. Frid. 14 Very little breakfast did we get this morning. I looked at the town and vicinity. I retired into one of the passenger cars, where I had a comfortable sleep. I begged a morsel of bread and raw bacon of one German, and then hastened to place myself into the rank with my company, which is ordered out to protect the South River bridge, a few miles from Palmyra, and 13 miles from Hannibal. About the middle of the afternoon we started on
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