June 28th. Commences with pleasant weather. Occasional firing at Port Hudson by the army mortars and great guns. At nine fifty A. M., inspected crew at quarters, and performed Divine service. Firing still going on at Port Hudson. This afternoon despatches were sent by Paymaster Meredith to Gen. Banks’s headquarters. At one P. M. an orderly came on board from the General’s headquarters. Steamer Bee came down the river, from Bayou Sara, with despatches and three soldiers of the 75th regiment N. Y. V., who were arrested at St. Francisville. From eight o’clock to twelve midnight, artillery firing heard in the rear of Port Hudson.
Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford. – From the Personal Journal of Wm. C. Holton.
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