5 Oc morning I went
out and brought in the picket guard and we loosed cable & started, we
landed on Island No. 36 Arkansas & wooded Mississippi County, 45 miles
above Memphis. 5 Oc we landed at Memphis and at 7 Oc we was called of the boat
& formed in line marched into Court Square & formed in columns by
companies ordered to load & lay down in line on our arms. it is a
beautifull place with new trees & blue grass, so we all laid on the grass
and had a good sleep. I wrote a letter in there by the gass light to my
children. the people are much excited & are expecting an attact on the
citty & are rejoicing at our arivel.
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 100
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