Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, August 18, 1863

Troops crossing the river camping below on the other side. Report reaches camp that Charleston is ours. Day HOT.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 496