Last night quite
cold, strong North wind, morning very cold & windy, no wood, water in Gulf
two ft- lower on beach than any time since we have been here, bushels of
shells, see a small porpoise lieing out on the beach, too rough all day for
drill, P. M. after Oysters up the bay. At 8.30 P. M. notice signal lights
followed by a rockit from one of the Monitors, Reported that 3 Reb Rams were
seen in the Gulf. A rumor current that our Brigade will be sent to Charleston.
Evening cold
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 577
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