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