Inspection at 9. A. M. Lt Hook comes to the Regt with the
sad intiligence of the Assassination of President Lincoln & Sec Seward
which is published in the Mobile paper. The news quickly spreads & groups
of men can be seen all arond talking in low tones with a look of sadness never
worn by them before, at 10, a. m the Div Brass Band plays the “dead march”
& is followed by the bands of Regts in order. It is truly a solemn day
& the boys one & all vow to take vengance in Southern blood, many who
favored peace this morning now favor utter extermination; about noon we are
greeted with the arrival of Luit Sharman looking like altogether a different
man from the Luit Sharman we left at Little Rock the 14 of Feb he brings an
extra which states that it is thought Seward is not mortally wounded &
hopes of his recovery is enertained, he spent the night last night with Capt
Lacy & reports that Genl Steeles Corps proceeded up the Alabama river this
morning, embarked on 15 transports escorted by a fleet of gun boats, says a
very fine Gulf steamer was blown up in the channel in the Bay by a torpedo of
which there remain some yet. Luit Seevers is detailed to proceed to New Orleans
to bring up our Books & Records. Weather cool.
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 594-5
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