Diary of Peter J. Perrine, Private, Company C, 16th OVI
1861 - 1864


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Page 39 - November 4, 1863 to November 25, 1863

   


Page 39

Nov. 4th   Our Regiment garrison the town (Iberia?).  Lt. Col Kershner Comdg the post.  we stay here 4 days.

8th.  The Division started for Franklin at 5 A.M.  The 16th did not get off untill noon.  we all got into wagons and arrived at Franklin at 10 A.M. of the 9th.  We got on board Steamers and came down to Berwick where we staid untill the 13th.  While here the 1st & 2nd Brigades went via of the Gulf to Texas.

13th.  Crossed over the bay to Brashear City (Morgan City, La.) where we staid untill the 22nd.  part of the Brig went to Donnaldsonville (Donaldsonville, La.) on the Mississippi river.

22nd.  Took the cars and went to Algiers.  Our Parolled Prisoners joined us.

25th.  Got on Board Steam ship *St. Mary and and started for Texas.

 * Research suggests the St. Mary referenced here could be a small, Confederate-built side-wheel steamer which was captured by the Union on July 13, 1863, near Yazoo City, Ms.  The un-commissioned ship may have been used by Union Admiral David Porter, still under its Confederate name of St. Mary, in service between Donaldsonville, La., and Cairo, Il, in the autumn of 1863.  The ship was then commissioned in the US Navy on December 12, 1863, under the name of USS Alexandria.  The timeframe and general location of this description do coincide with the movements depicted by Pvt. Perrine.  This research, however,  is speculative and not a matter of fact at this writing.
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