Saturday, August 6, 2016

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Thursday, June 18, 1863

Boat from below reports 3 spies one a woman taken by Grant dispatches from Gen Pemberton say to Jonston, if not there in 48 hours would surrender, could not come with less than 70000 men. Suppose by this the Rebs have surrendered that place.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 491

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