We hear that we are to move up the river to an island where
General McPherson's command is. About one hundred transports with troops aboard
are tied up along the levee on the Louisiana side, awaiting orders to go up the
river, while still others are being loaded. The plan is to go into camp at
different points to do garrison duty, making it safer for fleets to pass at
certain points.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 99
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