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done by Miss Mattie Glazier, a resident of nearby Stonewall. It was a handsome example of the Southern battle flag, and it headed the column when the company marched to Harrison?s Wharf in east Mississippi City on that Sunday afternoon, June 7, 1861.
Behind the Color Sergeant carrying Miss Glazier?s flag marched two well-known Handsboro brothers, Uncle Joe and Uncle Jeff Carter playing fife and drum in martial array. They were 72-year-old twins who frequently marched through the streets wearing tricorn hats of the old Continental style and playing patriotic tunes with vigor and enthusiasm.
Tied up at Harrison?s Wharf was the ?Creole", a coast-wise paddlewheel steamer of the Mobile Mail Lines that made three round trips each week between Ocean Springs (about 15 miles east of Mississippi City) and New Orleans via Mississippi Sound and Lake Pontchartrain. It was a typical coaster offering both cabin and deck accommodations and advertising an 8-hour journey.
Late Sunday afternoon the Adams Rifles, nearly one hundred and fifty strong boarded the "Creole". The officers and men of the infantry company were accompanied by more than that many friends and relatives. And the Baxters were there to see their sons and brothers off to war.
Once the passengers and visitors were aboard, and the baggage, the "Creole" cast off from Harrison?s Wharf, steamed down the waterfront a short distance, and tied up to Barnes Wharf at the old hotel on Texas Street. Last minute goodbyes were said among a flood of tears from the mothers, sisters, and sweethearts. Hands were shaken, and the visitors were put ashore, there to wave as the "Creole" cast off again and started on the overnight trip to New Orleans.
It is unlikely that many members of the Adams Rifles got much sleep en route to New Orleans that night. The men were all deck passengers, and though the officers had cabins, the bunks remained practically unused. The entire company was excited by the knowledge that they were at last moving in the direction of the Union armies.
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