STEAMER Boston,
March 6.
Yesterday, at four
P. M. the last tent was struck and we began to move down the river at eight
this evening.1 Like our other expedition, we have three steamers,
the Boston, Burnside and John Adams. Col. Montgomery with his men and Co. A
(Capt. Trowbridge), of our regiment, started last evening on the Burnside. Our
Lt. Col. [Liberty] Billings with Co. B (Capt. James) and Co. C (Capt. Randolph)
on the John Adams. Col. Higginson and Major [J. D.] Strong with the other seven
companies of our regiment, on the Flag Ship Boston. I have left Dr. Hawks
behind to care for the sick in the hospital, and placed Dr. Minor on the Adams.
With me are the hospital steward and my trusty nurse, Mr. Spaulding. You may
easily imagine there is not much lee-way on this steamer, calculated to carry
less than four hundred. Besides we are blockaded at every turn by camp
equipage, horses, army wagons etc. But the weather is perfect and the line
officers cheerfully co-operate in keeping their men where I want them.
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1 To reoccupy Jacksonville.
SOURCE: Proceedings
of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volume 43, October, 1909—June,
1910: February 1910. p. 370
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