The Journey

The Trip from City Point to Galveston

June

May 25 to June 17, the corps embarked in ocean transports at City Point as rapidly as transports could be furnished.

June 7

The headquarters of the corps embarked and proceeded toward Texas; put into Mobile Bay, Ala., to receive orders from the major-general commanding Military Division of the Gulf, and to coal and water, if possible; coal could not be obtained.

June 16

Arrived at New Orleans, La., and coaled; then proceeded to Brazos Santiago, Tex.

June 21

Arrived there. The Second Division had previously arrived in Texas; the headquarters of the division and the Second Brigade stationed at Brazos; Third Brigade at White's ranch; First Brigade had received orders to garrison Indianola.

June 26

First Division arrived at Brazos, and was ordered to Brownsville, Tex., but owing to the rise of water in the Rio Grande overflowing the low country, it could not reach that place. It is encamped at White's Ranch awaiting the fall of water, as river transports cannot be furnished.

The cavalry and unattached infantry brigade have not arrived; only Battery B, Second U.S. Colored Light Artillery, has as yet arrived.

SOURCE: United States War Department. THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 46. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.