Fine day. hunt shells on the beach, see the porpoises, &c
camp on banks of white sand covered with scrub oaks plenty of fresh water by
digging in the sand. boys wade in the bay & gather oysters Plenty of them.
troops landing nearly all the time, can send no mail
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 575-6
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