Thursday, February 23, 1865

After nearly 36 hours, the storm eased enough and the St. Mary weighed anchor this morning and proceeded on toward Fort Morgan.  The sea was still rough, but they landed at Fort Morgan in the afternoon.  It was raining, and as soon as they stacked arms, they sought shelter under a pontoon train, where they spent the night.

William Fleming's account of the day:

we landed at Ft Morgan on the 23d and disembarked and moved out on mobile point in rear of the Ft, and went into camp we remained here untill the morning of the 17 of Mar

 The interior of Ft. Morgan in the fall of 2014.