Slept well, rained all night. At 10. a. m. start through
pass, aground at 11. Brown with 4 co of our Regt passes us here. Men runing
short of rations & begin to complain at 2 P. M. Small steamer Mustang comes
to our relief, transfer men and baggage. Ship floats fast an hour again right
in the pass abreast of Ft Powell, when she gets off Mustang runs alongside and
transfers back. 3 reb deserters from Mobile come to us on Mustang. about 5.30
Ship touches at Ft. Gaines. thence to 4 mile above Ft. Morgan, at 7. P. M.
disembark, march through sand 3/4 of mile to camp. on the beach of Gulf, sleep
within 200 yds of Gulf, breakers Ligh & night clear, a Grand sight. 30 000
men here now.
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 575
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