They started south again about 2 o'clock this morning, heading for Morganza, Louisiana. They were moving very fast, as a rate of twenty miles per hour.
They arrived at Morganza at 7 o'clock this morning. They stopped to let the 67th Indiana off the boat. They started again at 9 o'clock and passed Port Hudson a little before noon. They passed Baton Rouge at 3 o'clock this afternoon and continued to on. The arrived at New Orleans at midnight.
Meanwhile Captain Wilkins and his detail made the return trip back down the White River. When they arrived at the mouth of the river they were surprised that their regiment had returned to New Orleans with out them. They found shelter in some vacated shanties.
