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1864-03-27 -- 1864-03-29

50  (Added note at head of page:-) distance marched the 27th 6 miles Cotil Landing is 20 miles by river above Alexandria  of the first, but running the opposite direction, not half as large, called bayau Cotil, the landing at the river is called the same name, we arrived at the landing after frequent halts at 11: Am, no gun.boats or transports, arrived yet, reported by citizens, that rebel gunboats left here & went up river yesterday evening; rebs, destroying cotton on the opposite side of river; weather warm, rained in the night;  28th faired up in the morning, heavy detail for foraging; gun boat & saw Eastport, come up at 2 Pm, one monitor, & commissary boat, J.H. Lacey arrived in the evening, meeting in the 14th in the evening, exhortation by a private soldier, weather cooler.  29th cool with a strong N.W. wind, the most of the fleet at the landing this morning, saw our convalescent boys, all doing well except Lieut Brooks, thinks he has the fever found them on board, the Wm. L. Ewing. the marine boats ordered back to. Vicksburg, stated the detention of the fleet caused by the gun boat Eastport getting fast passing the rapids, which were 4 miles

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50 (Added note at head of page:-) distance marched the 27th 6 miles Cotil Landing is 20 miles by river above Alexandria of the first, but running the opposite direction, not half as large, called bayau Cotil, the landing at the river is called the same name, we arrived at the landing after frequent halts at 11: Am, no gun.boats or transports, arrived yet, reported by citizens, that rebel gunboats left here & went up river yesterday evening; rebs, destroying cotton on the opposite side of river; weather warm, rained in the night; 28th faired up in the morning, heavy detail for foraging; gun boat & saw Eastport, come up at 2 Pm, one monitor, & commissary boat, J.H. Lacey arrived in the evening, meeting in the 14th in the evening, exhortation by a private soldier, weather cooler. 29th cool with a strong N.W. wind, the most of the fleet at the landing this morning, saw our convalescent boys, all doing well except Lieut Brooks, thinks he has the fever found them on board, the Wm. L. Ewing. the marine boats ordered back to. Vicksburg, stated the detention of the fleet caused by the gun boat Eastport getting fast passing the rapids, which were 4 miles