Hawsers were finally cast off, and the Continental headed down river bound for South West Pass. No cheers were given as the steamer got under way; all hands felt too happy now they were bound home to care a picayune for Louisiana. The following officers and men were left in Louisiana sick or on detached service:
Captain George P. Davis, Company K, on provost-marshal duty.
Lieutenant Augustus L. Gould, Company H, acting-quartermaster of a colored engineer detachment, to render his final accounts.
Private William H. Gilman, Company C, as hospital-steward in General Ullman’s brigade colored troops.
Private Everett A. Denny, Company E, on duty at division headquarters. He came North by way of the river, in charge of a sick officer.
Private John Nolan, Company B, sick in hospital with chronic diarrhœa. Died in New Orleans.
Private Lewis Buffum, Company B, on detached service as locomotive engineer.
Private Jonathan Brown, Company C, in hospital with both ankles broke. Came North by way of the river.
Private Charles McLaughlin, Company H, sick in hospital with dysentery.
Sergeant Chauncy B. Sawyer, Company I, was sent to St. James Hospital July 31st, sick with typhoid fever. He was sent to New York, August 17th, on the Cahawba.