Regt on the road at
6. at 7.30 made Bon secure bayou. see great heaps of oyster shells more low
ground today. they bay & gulf one place at the neck not more than 34 of a
mile apart. Hear heavy guns all P. M. supposed to be the fleet at Mobile, move
about 10 miles today. We see one happy wench. we were the first yankees she had
seen. After dark a squad of 15, belonging to the Div. 2 of whom belong to our
Regt get into camp. They were at Ft. Gaines Hosp. crossed to Morgan &
finding their Regt gone pushed on & walked all the way from the Cove today.
They report Genl. Veaches Div. coming right on & Genl Smiths Corps landing
at the Cove & will start Monday The Estimate is 10000 men with us &
20000 more to follow & we expect to form junction with Steele, who started
from Pensacola the 17th with between 20000 and 25000 men
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. 578
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