Sunday, November 6, 1864

The men of the 130th started at daylight this morning and steamed up the river until they came to Gaines Landing.  They stopped there to reconnoiter.  The 96th Ohio Volunteers and another regiment went out on the scouting expedition.

An orderly came back from the scouting expedition later in the day.  He reported no Confederates were found.  The boats moved on up the river to pick up the scouting party.

According to William Fleming, these expeditions were a regular occurrence over the past week.

we would stop frequently an go out on scouts an forageing expeditions