In Janaury I was ordered to remove the brigade, Lepone Regiment, accross the Mississippi River to Memphis and report to Genl McGowan. I reached Jacks outpost at the junction of the White and Black rivers with the troops. When the order was countermanded, I was commanded to take post at Pittman's Ferry...
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Stirpes, Volume 37, Number 3, September 1997