Bird's Point Missouri
Sunday Morning
May 1,1864
Dear Father,
I take my pen in hand to let you know where we have landed at. We left New Albany on the
27th and arrived at Cairo late on the evening of the 29th. We were there a short time then
moved across the Mississippi river to Bird's Point Missouri and are camped here in
sight of Cairo. All the 23th Regiment came in last evening, but Thomas Morgan is not along
them. He was left at New Albany. I suppose he will come through on the barges. General
Gresham has gone to Huntsville Alabama with what troops there was here and Sam thinks we
will follow and Sam thinks we will go to Nashville Tenn. I did not get to see Thomas in
time to get my letters. If Mary is there give her this letter. I think we will leave here
soon. There was five veteran regiments came down the Miss. River yesterday and there (5
words unreadable). No more at present.
W.C. Morgan
Letter to Father John Morgan South Boston, Washington County, Indiana