Heavy bombardment of
Grand Gulf -- continues half
the day -- one boat disabled.
Batteries not injured -- Col
Wade, Cap Arty, killed. Boats
ran past Grand Gulf at
night -- Enemy lands his
troops at Bruinsburg.
Taylor's diary is off by one day in his later recopying of an earlier volume. The action at Grand Gulf actually occurred on April 29.
Colonel William Wade, commander of Wade's Missouri Battery, was decapitated during the bombardment [Terrence J. Winschel]
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many thanks for doing a great job of putting these online yours david stewart.. from blackburn, west lothian, scotland, u.k.
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