Gen. Grant passed
through here this morning on the train. The division of Denver's, (ex-governor
of Kansas, for whom Denver City was named) passed through here today also. The
troops are all coming up further north. The cars are going north loaded with
cotton. I think this is a cotton expedition.
SOURCE: Seth James
Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells,
Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After the Surrender, p. 21
