Revelie at 3. Genl. at 4. column moves at 5. 33d in the
rear. co. G. in the wagon train. very warm roads tolerably good. At 2½ P. M.
leave the road & turn to the left to strike Cedar creek at a point above
narrow enough to bridge easily as the bridge on the main road was burned &
the stream too wide to be bridged easily. reach the creek at 3. & are
ordered to make coffee while the Pioneer Corps build a bridge, a small scout of
cavalry ride to the river about 3 miles from the road & bring in 5
deserters & report that our gunboat captured a transport & barge loaded
with cotton The deserters say all the Rebes have gone to Meridian The bridge is
completed just at dark & the column begins to move over, is 8:30 when the
33d crossed & 10. before we are ready to lie down. The prospect for rain
made it necessary to cross the creek as a hard rain would render it impassible.
It is reported that Thomas has whipped Dick Taylor
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 593
