{"id":999,"date":"2013-05-29T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.bowdoin.edu\/arch\/civil-war-blog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:46:42","slug":"may-29-1863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/2013\/05\/29\/may-29-1863\/","title":{"rendered":"May 29, 1863"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1000 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"31\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/03\/31.jpg 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Did not get up till about 9 o\u2019clock.\u00a0 Were then just passing Donaldsonville.\u00a0 Got breakfast in the Cabin, 12 M.\u00a0 We are just passing Plaquemine 20 miles below Baton Rouge.\u00a0 A boat from gunboat No. 2 has just come on board, bringing the news that the rebels have offered to surrender Port Hudson on condition of being allowed to take away their arms &amp; the big guns!\u00a0 3 P.M.\u00a0 Have just finished dinner, &amp; we are not opposite the lower part of Baton Rouge.\u00a0 Reached, &amp; moored to the old wharf boat \u201cHatcher\u201d, about four went on shore, but a hard shower coming on, we took shelter in the Hatcher till it was over.\u00a0 Delivered two days rations of bread &amp; coffee &amp; a little salt port, &amp; then started.<\/p>\n<p>Marched up on the Bayou Sara road 5 miles &amp; camped just below the pontoon bridge.\u00a0 The 26<sup>th<\/sup> had reached camp before us, having marched through in the rain.\u00a0 Slept well.\u00a0 Heard many reports of mortars up at Port Hudson during the night.\u00a0 I dreamed of being at home &amp; having dear mother come &amp; kiss me many times!\u00a0 May my kind heavenly Father soon cause the dream to prove a reality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.bowdoin.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diary of Isaac Winslow Case [Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday. Did not get up till about 9 o\u2019clock.\u00a0 Were then just passing Donaldsonville.\u00a0 Got breakfast in the Cabin, 12 M.\u00a0 We are just passing Plaquemine 20 miles below Baton Rouge.\u00a0 A boat from gunboat No. 2 has just come on board, bringing the news that the rebels have offered to surrender Port Hudson on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[33,67,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-misc-manuscript-coll","7":"tag-22nd-maine","8":"tag-bowdoin-class-of-1848","9":"tag-capt-isaac-winslow-case","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}