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Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864
1864-03-22 -- 1864-03-24
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47 ordered ashore in the afternoon, went 1/2 mile down the river & bivouaced for the night reported that 400 prisoners & 4 pieces of artillery were captured & just brought in, made ourselves comfortable for the night found plenty corn husks & unginned cotton for dedding, the steamer Luminary came up from N.O. this evening bringing subsistence stores for Gen banks force, 23rd clear bright morning white frost this morning, had revillee at sun-rise, several men complaining, to transports arrived from Baton Rouge with [C O?] brigades of black troops, about 300, prisoners brought in, the same force that is reported above, which was to high an estimate on the men, it was a cavalry force, horses & guns complete, were captured, without loss, were taken by surprise, countersign & pickets captured, force surrounded, wrote a letter to Father Hawley, no picket detail from our Regt since we last landed, 24th cold, cloudy,windy disagreeable morning, 13 reports to the Drs for prescriptions, & Lieut Brooks
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47 ordered ashore in the afternoon, went 1/2 mile down the river & bivouaced for the night reported that 400 prisoners & 4 pieces of artillery were captured & just brought in, made ourselves comfortable for the night found plenty corn husks & unginned cotton for dedding, the steamer Luminary came up from N.O. this evening bringing subsistence stores for Gen banks force, 23rd clear bright morning white frost this morning, had revillee at sun-rise, several men complaining, to transports arrived from Baton Rouge with [C O?] brigades of black troops, about 300, prisoners brought in, the same force that is reported above, which was to high an estimate on the men, it was a cavalry force, horses & guns complete, were captured, without loss, were taken by surprise, countersign & pickets captured, force surrounded, wrote a letter to Father Hawley, no picket detail from our Regt since we last landed, 24th cold, cloudy,windy disagreeable morning, 13 reports to the Drs for prescriptions, & Lieut Brooks
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