Important Information

Saturday, December 3, 1864

It began raining this morning at daylight.  The regiment sent an officer to New Orleans for orders.  He returned about noon with orders to board the steamship Alabama.  The regiment boarded at 1 o'clock and set sail for Lake Port located six miles north of New Orleans.  They arrived there at 4 o'clock and unloaded off the steamship and went into camp for the night.