The 28th Wis embark on the Belle ve Dere. Raining still. Our
wagons loaded on Bell ve & detail sent arond with them, the Regt to go by
car to lake Ponchertrain Genl A. J. Smiths Corps landing 4 miles below on the
east side continues to rain & blow. Washingtons Birthday hundreds of flags
& a national salute.
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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