History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . utive officer ofthe boat, Major Megrew was in command of the men and officers being detained on board, the eveningwas spent in conversation, and at an early hour all were intheir berths and bunks. The vessel lay alongside the dockuntil morning, and at 7 A. M. on the morning of the 13ththe tug Marguarite started the great vessel down theriver, cutting loose at 9:30; after fifteen minutes morethe Estill took the pilot from us and we started on a calmsea toward the Pearl of the Antilles. The Mobile is a
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . utive officer ofthe boat, Major Megrew was in command of the men and officers being detained on board, the eveningwas spent in conversation, and at an early hour all were intheir berths and bunks. The vessel lay alongside the dockuntil morning, and at 7 A. M. on the morning of the 13ththe tug Marguarite started the great vessel down theriver, cutting loose at 9:30; after fifteen minutes morethe Estill took the pilot from us and we started on a calmsea toward the Pearl of the Antilles. The Mobile is an English-built vessel, and was for-merly a freighter and cattle vessel. She was purchasedfrom the Atlantic Transport Company by the United Statqsgovernment and refitted for the purpose of carrying is a twin-screw steamer capable of making seventeenknots an hour. The dining-room and officers quarters areroomy and well furnished, while the men were providedwith comfortable beds of wire springs and cotton mattressesarranged in tiers three in height. The Georgia shores. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 109 having been lost to view, no land was sighted until thefollowing morning. At 11 oclock the first and each suc-ceeding day inspection of quarters was held; every man
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