Early this morning the 130th Illinois Infantry and boarded the cars for Brashear City on the New Orleans, Opelousas & Western Railroad. The train was made up of open flat cars. When moving over the rough rails the men had to be extremely careful or risk falling overboard.
The 80 miles of country they covered by train ran through swamps, bayous, lagoons and sluggish creeks. It was heavily timbered, and for most of the way, one vast wilderness. They reached Brashear City late tonight.
