A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
CHAPTER XLIX.—DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.
A Mississippi Steamboat.—Passengers.—Supper.—Evening Amusements.—Steamboat Race.—River and Shores.—Landings.—Captain and Colored Gentleman.—An Awful Thought.—Helena.—A Colored Soldier’s Return.—Condition of the Levees.—Freshets.—Best Protected Plantations.—Negro Insurrections. 347