CROSSING BAYOU VIDAL

On this day, according to Pvt. Peter Perrine, Company C, the 16th Ohio crossed over Bayou Vidal and lay on the levee all night. Perrine mentions that it rained hard all night.

The location of the camp on this night is estimated.

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Period map showing the route of Grant's army, including the 16th Ohio, from Milliken's Bend, south to Richmond and then to Smith's Plantation, Louisiana, and beyond:

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Modern day map of the 16th Ohio's march from Milliken's Bend to Richmond to Smith's Plantation, Louisiana

Blue pin - approximate position of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, where the 16th Ohio and much of Grant's force camped for the winter of 1863
Green pin - Richmond, Louisiana, where the 16th Ohio and elements of Grant's force marched and camped during the initial stages of the renewed attack and siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Yellow pin - Smith's Plantation (near New Carthage), Louisiana, where the 16th Ohio and elements of Grant's force marched and camped on April 13 until April 17, 1863.
Red pin - south of Smith's Plantation (near New Carthage), Louisiana, where the 16th Ohio and elements of Grant's force marched and camped on April 18, 1863