Morning Corondalet in night Iron Mountain R. R. runing on
river banks below the bluff Land at St Louis at. 8. A. M. Land by the side of
the Muscatine, the steamer which is to convey us to Davenport, transfer at 9.
A. M. then go up to the city & stay until 3 P. M. most of time with Mr
Ellis. I get dinner at a saloon, return to boat find the 18th Iowa on Silver
Wave ready to go up. Our boat crowded, about 150 passengers besides the Regt.
some 25 ladies, get off at 4.15 P. M. at Alton at 9. P. M. takes on 10
passengers & take a barge in tow, Raining
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 609
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