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1866. Friday January 12. Vicksburg Miss Called upon my friend in the morning & bid goodbye _ _ _ _ Spent the day at the hotel waiting for a boat & getting none. Very dull and tiresome. Met with Major McKeever of the 11th Ca Cavalry Reg. A quarrel & almost a shooting affray at the hotel The Mississippi arrives fresh before dark & we get off about 8 o clock. Dr Norton Capt Campbell came up on the boat. This has been a warm pleasant day. I now sit writing this in the cabin of the steamer. Am a little perplexed in mind as to whether I ought or ought not to take some interest in cotton planting this year. Before coming aboard drank a bottle of wine with Genl Gilchrist, Davis, Camplin? & Col Risden