Revelie late, the Genl had blown in the 50th Ind & 7th
Vermont before our revelie. Our Brigade gets up before our breakfast is over
this was unexpected. Genl blows before the men have breakfast We are on the
move at 7 hear the troops at Fish river are in line of battle expecting an
attack move very slowly first 2 miles cording nearly all the road. latter part
of the road pretty good & move right along. At 1. P. M. cross the river on
the pontoons to the tune. “Out of the wilderness” or “Johny stole a ham.” Was
until 4. A. M. getting camped were on 3 different grounds before we got
settled, one time tents were being pitched & supper preparing, several
boats & gunboats lie in the river. This morning the pickets were driven in
by a force variously estimated from 600 to 1000. 3 rebs killed 3 of ours
wounded, the 4th Iowa & 32d Iowa are here with Smith 25000 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. 579
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