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1864-03-13 -- 1864-03-14

39  formed on the levee were reviewed by Gen Smith who is in command of the expedition had a short battalion drill, stacked arms near the boat, broke ranks & had dinner are yet ignorant of our destination, lounged on the bank until 4. Pm, were called into line to drill, had barely reached the drill ground when an order came to march, remained in readiness to march, until 9, o'clock Pm, then moved, marched about 6 miles & camped at 2 1/2 O clock Am.  The 14th were delayed by bad roads & teams, 7 wagons turned over, camped on the bank of Bayan Glaze, which is a fine a strip of country as I have seen in the south ascended this stream in a northerly direction about 9 miles than filed left to the west went a mile and stoped as have to make a bridge at 10 Am started at 11 o clock Am  went  2 miles left the bottom land, ascended

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39 formed on the levee were reviewed by Gen Smith who is in command of the expedition had a short battalion drill, stacked arms near the boat, broke ranks & had dinner are yet ignorant of our destination, lounged on the bank until 4. Pm, were called into line to drill, had barely reached the drill ground when an order came to march, remained in readiness to march, until 9, o'clock Pm, then moved, marched about 6 miles & camped at 2 1/2 O clock Am. The 14th were delayed by bad roads & teams, 7 wagons turned over, camped on the bank of Bayan Glaze, which is a fine a strip of country as I have seen in the south ascended this stream in a northerly direction about 9 miles than filed left to the west went a mile and stoped as have to make a bridge at 10 Am started at 11 o clock Am went 2 miles left the bottom land, ascended