Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Diary of Private Richard R. Hancock: Wednesday, April 9, 1862

A gun-boat passed up by Eastport, going perhaps one mile and a half above, then turning, went back down the river without firing a gun. I, with some others, being on picket at Eastport, concealed ourselves on a hill near by and watched the maneuvers of the boat. We had a good view of the river.

SOURCE: Richard R. Hancock, Hancock's Diary: Or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, p. 164-5

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