Early this morning, at 6 o'clock, we moved up the river and
entering the Yazoo river we reached Haines's Bluff, where we landed and stacked
arms. Here we remained several hours awaiting orders. General Sherman has just
taken Haines's Bluff and now is uniting with General Grant's forces in
surrounding Vicksburg. At 4 o'clock we again took boat, returning down the
river to Young's Point, where we landed, and marching across the point again
took the boats. We passed on down the river below Vicksburg to Warrington,
Mississippi, where we landed, and marching out about five miles, went into camp
for the night.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 116-7
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