23/36 I remember lying on the seat of a pew, with my knapsack under my head. We arrived at New London on Saturday, marching the whole distance in the first week in August, and a hotter time I have never experienced since. We were dressed in heavy woolen clothes, carrying heavy guns and knapsacks, and wearing large leather caps. We were whole days traveling what can now be done in less than as many hours, and were completely used up when we arrived there, which would not appear strange. |