Arrived at Natchez, and landed there. I went up on the hill.
A very pretty town. When the boat left they lashed a little steam tug along
side, but they got it too far forward and run it down and smashed in the side.
Two men and a negro woman were drowned.
SOURCE: Abstracted from George G. Smith, Leaves from
a Soldier's Diary, p. 135
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