Showing posts with label Santa Rosa Island. Show all posts
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: April 11, 1862

At 10 a. m. Pensacola, Fort Pickins and Santa Rosa Island in sight. Did not communicate with the shore. At 3 p. m. passed blockading fleet off Mobile. During the night a heavy thunder storm, lightning, wind and rain, terrific. In the morning we passed Horn Island, becalmed a few hours, but at 6 p. m. the City of New York anchored off Ship Island.

SOURCE: George G. Smith, Leaves from a Soldier's Diary, p. 8