Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, March 3, 1863

Luela passed down. Key West passed up Nigger Joe died — Gun boat left nigger sick on shore. Weather cool and clear, on shore after dark to cook, fine moonlight. Sperry —

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 484