Friday, December 11, 1863

At 2:00 o'clock this morning, the regiment crossed Berwick Bay into Brashear City.  They boarded a train and reached Algiers, opposite New Orleans, at noon. 

Here they learned the division was on its way to Texas by way of the Gulf of Mexico.  Their final destination was Pass Cavallo, Texas near Matagorda Island.  The island is an "outer bank" or "barrier island" seperating the Gulf of Mexico from Matagorda Bay.  It is located on the Texas Gulf Coast, about half way between Galveston and Corpus Christi.