Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Friday, August 21, 1863

We packed our knapsacks and started at 10 o'clock for the landing two miles above Vicksburg and a mile below our camp. Our regiment with the Thirteenth went on board the "Fanny Bell," and at dark started up the river.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 136