We wanted most to devise a way to keep warm.

Andrews and I pulled our overcoat and blanket closely about us, snuggled together so as to make each one's meager body afford the other as much heat as possible--and endured.
We became fearfully hungry.

It will be recollected that we ate the whole of the two days' rations issued to us at Blackshear at once, and we had received nothing since.

We reached the sullen, fainting stage of great hunger, and for hours nothing was said by any one, except an occasional bitter execration on Rebels and Rebel practices.
It was late at night when we reached Charleston.

The lights of the City, and the apparent warmth and comfort there cheered us up somewhat with the hopes that we might have some share in them.