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Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864
1864-04-10 -- 1864-04-12
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61 18 pieces of artillery, recaptured lost 600 prisoners captured 700, had suffered considerable loss in killed & wounded, reported that, Gen Ransom was severely wounded in the knee, & Capt Dickey (of Randoms staff) killed, pickets were called out at 11,Pm, remained all night, fleet started at 7,Am. the 12th moved very slow on account of the dificulty of manageing the large boats around the numerous short bends, by the breaking of one of the bell ropes, that communicate from the Pilot to the Engineer the Sioux City swung to, stern down stream completely blockading the river, bow hard in one side & stern on the other, also broke her rudder, she was freed by being towed by 2 steamers, stern up stream, were fired into from Coushatta point, was returned briskly by our sharp shooters, none harmed on our boat, Capt of the boat, had a ball hit through his coat skirts, one man of the 95th Co. C. killed shot through the head, the Co. C was aboard the Steamer meteor,
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61 18 pieces of artillery, recaptured lost 600 prisoners captured 700, had suffered considerable loss in killed & wounded, reported that, Gen Ransom was severely wounded in the knee, & Capt Dickey (of Randoms staff) killed, pickets were called out at 11,Pm, remained all night, fleet started at 7,Am. the 12th moved very slow on account of the dificulty of manageing the large boats around the numerous short bends, by the breaking of one of the bell ropes, that communicate from the Pilot to the Engineer the Sioux City swung to, stern down stream completely blockading the river, bow hard in one side & stern on the other, also broke her rudder, she was freed by being towed by 2 steamers, stern up stream, were fired into from Coushatta point, was returned briskly by our sharp shooters, none harmed on our boat, Capt of the boat, had a ball hit through his coat skirts, one man of the 95th Co. C. killed shot through the head, the Co. C was aboard the Steamer meteor,
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