Received marching orders on the second and today went on
board the Moly Able bound for New Orleans, At eleven p. m. landed at Algiers
opposite the city. On the Southwest of the city of New Orleans there are
thousands of acres of salt marsh along the gulf coast. When the tide is in it
is nearly covered with water. This makes a wonderful breeding ground for
mosquitoes, and when the wind blows from that direction the city and Algiers is
smitten as with a scourge. The scourge was on when we arrived at the latter
place. If they are of any earthly use to mankind, nobody to my knowledge has ever
been able to find out what it is. While we were in Algiers I went to the city
twice. Got some pictures to send home and other neeeded things.
SOURCE: Abstracted from George G. Smith, Leaves from
a Soldier's Diary, p. 125-6
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