On their right hardly did time suffice for boys to climb the trees that in four rows shaded its noisome canal; on their left not a second too many was there for the people to crowd the doorsteps, fill windows and garden gates, line the banquettes and silently gather breath and ardor while the escort moved by, before the moment was come in which to cheer and cheer and cheer, as with a hundred flashing sabres at shoulder the dismounted, heavy-knapsacked, camp-worn battery, Kincaid's Battery-you could read the name on the flag-Kincaid's Battery!
"Kincaid's Battery"
George W. Cable
Hundreds of flags hung over the banquettes and in some places ropes of them were stretched across the streets.
"A Daughter of the Union"
Lucy Foster Madison
He asked her about where she lived,-what the place was like; and she told him about fig-trees in a court, and galleries, and banquettes, and spoke of a faubou',-without being able to name any street.
"Chita: A Memory of Last Island"
Lafcadio Hearn