Today the division was inspected by General A. J. Smith.
While encamped inside the levees, the Union troops used the Mississippi River water for their cooking and drinking needs. Charles Johnson had this to say:
The water used came from the Mississippi, which at the time was very high, and there was so much sediment that a bucket dipped in the current would be filled with water which, after standing for a time, would have more than an inch of "settlings" in the bottom. But the natives insisted Mississippi River water was healthy, and after sedimentation it was certainly pleasant to drink.
Corporal Marion S. Bottoms died today at Milliken's Bend. He was from Cairo and assigned to Company C of the 130th Illinois Infantry.
