FLOATING SOUTH

On this day the flotilla carrying Col. John F. DeCourcey's troops continued floating south on the Mississippi River. This voyage would not have been possible just seven months earlier when the Confederates held control of the river from Vicksburg all the way to Island #10, near New Madrid, Missouri.

No specific information can be found on the exact location of the flotilla on this day. It is known they were on the river somewhere between Columbus, Kentucky, and Memphis, Tennessee. Positions shown in the map, below, are approximated.

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Wide view modern day map of the 16th Ohio's journey on the Ohio River on November 25 (positions approximated):

Blue pin - New Albany, Indiana (near Louisville, Kentucky)
Green pin - notional point where the flotilla anchored for the night on November 19, 1862
Red pin - Cannelton, Indiana, where flotilla docked to take on coal on what may have been the night of November 20, 1862
Lavender pin - notional point where the flotilla reached on the night of November 21, 1862
Yellow pin - notional point where the flotilla reached on the night of November 22, 1862
Aqua pin - Cairo, Illinois
Purple pin - Columbus, Kentucky
Green pushpin - notional point where the flotilla reached on the night of November 24, 1862 (60 miles from Columbus, Kentucky)
Yellow pushpin - notional point where the flotilla reached on the night of November 25, 1862 (120 miles from Columbus, Kentucky, their last known position on date)