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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 50 (search)
Doc. 48.-operations at Port Hudson. Diary of a rebel soldier. John A. Kennedy, of company H, First Alabama regiment, who was captured near Port Hudson while conveying a cipher letter, addressed by General Frank Gardner, commander of Port Hudson, to General J. E. Johnston, or Lieutenant-General Pemberton, Jackson or Vicksburgh, Miss. May 2, 1863.--Fair and pleasant; rumors of evacuation of P. H., guns being buried, etc. One ship, one transport, and Essex below. Went up river. May 4.--Fair and pleasant. Saw a great many dead horses pass down the river, and other signs of a fight above. Have been receiving no mails in several days. May 5.--The Yanks have come down, and been shelling Captain Stubbs's men. All the infantry portion of the regiment have gone over. May. 6--The fleet is still above. The troops are leaving very fast;----all gone but Lieutenant-General Beale's brigade and the artillery. May 7.--Upper fleet gone. Rumors of fighting in Virginia.