Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Sabbath, August 16, 1863

Join regt 8. A. M. Hard rain 11. A. M. Move camp 2. P. M. 4. gunboats. 4 transports here 2 gunboats. 3 transports with 32d Iowa go down at dark 8. P. M. hear cannon below. 11. P. M. boats return

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 494