"When at the bluffs, Ward assured us that he had sufficient transportation, but that Capt. Here is where we pick up with "W"'s account from the Texas State Gazette newspaper dated September 14, 1861: The companies were forced to leave a lot of materials behind before they could move on. When the column reached Niblett's Bluff on August 16, 1861, they discovered there was not enough transportation to carry their goods across southwest Louisiana. The Tom Green Rifles were part of several companies of the 4th Texas Infantry (Companies A, B, C, D and E) making their way to New Iberia as well. "W" of the "Tom Green Rifles" (Company B of the 4th Texas Infantry) wrote from Glendenning Ferry, Calcasieu Parish on August 25, 1861. Added to this I may mention the interesting fact that it rained on us every day from the time we left Houston till we arrived in New Orleans. We waded in water every day-sometimes up to our neck were not provided with sufficient provisions by the Government officer had wet blankets to sleep on at night, and were generally in bad luck. We encountered a great many hardships on our march from Niblett's Bluff, Calcasieu Parish, to New Iberia. The people sent us some provisions and gave us the use of a room during our stay in the city for the sick, of whom, I am glad to say, our company has only a small number. In New Orleans, also, we were treated with some consideration. They will long live in the memory of our company. They are actuated by the most ardent spirit of patriotism and wished us much good luck in whipping out the Abolitionists. They gave our volunteers milk, potatoes, bread, etc., and, in short, seemed to vie with each other in their efforts to do the agreeable for us.
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I can not speak too much in praise of the French who live on the route from Niblett's Bluff to New Iberia. On September 11, 1861, from Canton, Mississippi, Baker wrote (which was published in the Colorado Citizen newspaper): It is published online at the Nesbitt Memorial Library website. Sergeant Benjamin Marshall Baker, Company B of the 5th Texas Infantry, and his regiment marched across southwest Louisiana in 1861. Here are two accounts from part of their trip during which they crossed southwest Louisiana in August 1861. The 4th and 5th Texas Infantry Regiments were raised in early 1861 and transferred to Virginia.