We saw some of the fightings and killings; and by and by we went one night to an armory where two hundred young men had met, upon call, to be armed and go forth against the rioters, under command of a military man.

We drilled till about ten o'clock at night; then news came that the mob were in great force in the lower end of the town, and were sweeping everything before them.

Our column moved at once.

It was a very hot night, and my musket was very heavy.

We marched and marched; and the nearer we approached the seat of war, the hotter I grew and the thirstier I got.