We thought we could see some premonitions of the glorious end, and that we were getting vicarious satisfaction at the hands of our friends under the command of Uncle Billy.
One morning orders came for one thousand men to get ready to move.
Andrews and I held a council of war on the situation, the question before the house being whether we would go with that crowd, or stay behind.

The conclusion we came to was thus stated by Andrews: "Now, Mc., we've flanked ahead every time, and see how we've come out.
We flanked into the first squad that left Richmond, and we were consequently in the first that got into Andersonville.

May be if we'd staid back we'd got into that squad that was exchanged.

We were in the first squad that left Andersonville.

We were the first to leave Savannah and enter Millen.