May 1st. Weather still bad, preventing any but necessary outdoor operations. Received the glorious news of the capture of New Orleans. The men cheered prodigiously, which could easily be heard in the rebel lines and must have been depressing for their side.
News of New Orleans.–Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill.
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