The lights of Memphis came into view this evening and the old boat began to blow her whistle. The regiment made a spectacular entrance to the city, as there was a malfunction in the whistle "shut off" and the noise could not be stopped.
After the boat landed and was tied off, the whistle continued to blow until the supply of steam in the boiler finally ran out.
Charles Johnson summed up their arrival: For a good while the night was made hideous, and the ears of all tortured by the screeching whistle of the old boat, but this was a fit ending to the tedious and dangerous trip on the crazy old craft.
