Moved at daylight. Soon came upon rebel pickets and fired.
Skirmishing. Dismounted 2 and 7 and went forward. One man wounded soon. Mich.
Battery came up and one piece fired shell. Almost simultaneously Gen. Judah and
gunboats opened. We heard musketry 10 minutes before ours. Before 10 minutes the
rebels broke in a perfect rout, most complete, left wagons, cannon and any
amount of plunder. I soon changed clothes, light clothes. Went with
skirmishers, got several shots. Rested till 4 P. M. Marched up the river near
Tupper's Plains, and then bivouacked. Rather hungry — all of us.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 79-80
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