Breastworks of wood put up around all the decks. Afternoon 2
rans [rams] 1 gun boat 1 morter boat passed down, news of fleet of 22 other
boats coming down. Lay in cold water stream tonight, have not advanced more
then l¼ miles today.
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January
1923, p. 484
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