Regt on the road at 6. at 7.30 made Bon secure bayou, see
great heaps of oyster shells more low ground today. they bay & gulf one place
at the neck not more than 3/4 of a mile apart. Hear heavy guns all P. M.
supposed to be the fleet at Mobile, move about 10 miles today. We see one happy
wench, we were the first yankees she had seen. After dark a squad of 15,
belonging to the Div. 2 of whom belong to our Regt get into camp. They were at
Ft. Gaines Hosp. crossed to Morgan & finding their Regt gone pushed on
& walked all the way from the Cove today. They report Genl. Veaches Div.
coming right on & Genl Smiths Corps landing at the Cove & will start
Monday The Estimate is 10000 men with us & 20000 more to follow & we
expect to form junction with Steele, who started from Pensacola the 17th with
between 20000 and 25000 men
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 578
