While William Fleming was visiting family and friends in central Illinois, his fellow soldiers of the 130th Illinois received orders and boarded the steam Alice Vivian at 2 o'clock this morning. However, they did not get underway until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The 83rd Ohio Volunteers were on the Alice Vivian with them.
The 77th Illinois also boarded the Alice Vivian, and assumed they, too, were on their way. However, they were ordered off the boat and returned to their camp. When they returned to camp they found that others had already scavenged everything. Their bedding, boards, and everything else was gone!
