Duties as usual
performed. no Officers drill this morning as was given out last evening on
Dress Parade Abut 10 O'clock to day one of the Gun Boats arrived to Port with 3
Prizes in tow. One said to be laden with tobacco—tis not known here yet the
substance of the prizes Reported this Afternoon that 1 of the Gun Boats was
taken this morning by the enemy. Col. Oglesbys Regt. & the other Gun Boat
have gone down Col. Watters Regt. arrived at Birds Point this evening
SOURCE: Transactions
of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 225-6
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