CONTINUING TOWARD ARKANSAS POST

On this day, Pvt. Newt Gorsuch tells us the flotilla moved very little during the day but ran up the Mississippi River, north, during the night. It is assumed this was to hide the intentions of Gen. John McClernand, now in command of Sherman's force.

It is not known how far the ships travelled that evening so the web author will take the liberty of estimating their distance.

* Some information from Civil War Diaries and Selected Letters of Robert Newton Gorsuch, a private in Company B, 16th OVI, recently published in book form by Newt Gorsuch's great grandson, Everett Gorsuch Smith, Jr. The book is available for purchase from various Internet sources.

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Modern day map of the 16th Ohio's journey from a point on the Yazoo River north on the Mississippi toward Arkansas Post, Arkansas (positions approximated):

Red pin - Chickasaw Bayou battlefield, from where the 16th Ohio and Sherman's troops evacuated the evening of January 1, 1863
Blue pin - notional point where Sherman's flotilla reached on the night of January 1, 1863
Green pin - Millken's Bend, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, where Sherman's flotilla reach and docked on the night of January 2, 1863
Aqua pin -Notional point where Sherman's flotilla reached on the night of January 3, 1863
Lavender pin - Notional point where Sherman's flotilla reached on the night of January 4, 1863
Yellow pin - Notional point where Sherman's flotilla reached on the night of January 5, 1863
Lavender pushpin - Site of Arkansas Post or Fort Hindman, Arkansas, a Confederate stronghold and Gen. McClernand's destination