No Drill this
morning. We have rec'd marching Orders, also the 30th 31st & 7th Iowa 22
Ills. and 2 Co's Cavalry and one Battery of Artillery. At 10 O'clock we had
Gen. Inspection by the Field Officers for ascertaining the condition of the men
their accoutrements Guns &c. The balance of the day until 4 O'clock was occupied
in preparing for a march. At 3 O'clock the 30th, 31st & one Co. of Cavalry,
(Capt. Noleman) embarked on board the Steamer Key Stone. Alec Scott &
Chancelor, at 4 O'clock our Regt. 27th embarked on Board the Steamer Montgomery1
The Memphis at the same time was laying at Birds Point taking on the 22nd Ills.
at about 6 O'clock Alec Scott with the 30th and 31st Regts and Gen. McClernand
on board the Balance following suit. Stopping at Birds Point and Fort Holt for
the Iowa 7th & Capt Delano's cavalry Co. The fleet then dropped down the
river a few miles to Island No. 1 Where we lay till the next morning.
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1 Compare with the report of General U. S.
Grant, Nov. 17, 1861. War of the Rebellion, Official Records Series I., vol.III., p. 269. In all 3,114 men were sent "to make a demonstration against
Columbus. I proceeded down the river to a point about 9 miles below here
[Cairo], where we lay until next morning, on the Kentucky shore, which served
to distract the enemy and led him to suppose that he was to be attacked in his
strongly fortified position at Columbus."
SOURCE: Transactions
of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 231
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