On April 14, 1865, A.J. Smith and the 16th Corps marched from Blakely to Montgomery. Cavalry followed a few days later and moved through Greenville to Eufala. On the 20th, two divisions of the 13th Corps sailed from Blakely to Selma. About the 26th, the incident at Bridgeport Landing occurred. Does anyone know where Mitchell's plantation was?

Lieut. James Douglas, Forty-Eighth Ohio Infantry, Third Brigade, Second Division, Thirteenth Corps: "The 20th of April, when we embarked and moved across to Mobile, at which place we formed a part of a fleet moving up the Alabama River. The army was divided into three columns, the 16th Corps and Grierson's cavalry moving north from Fort Blakely to Montgomery, Ala., Gen. Benton's Division, 13th A. C., moving north up the railroad, and our Division, under Gen. Anderson, and Hawkins' Colored Division, moving up the river in a fleet of transports. Our Regiment embarked seven companies on the "Gov. Cowels," and the other three on the "St. Charles," the latter a rebel blockade runner. We had a very pleasant time going up the river. We were allowed plenty of liberty, the country was rich in provisions, and we made use of it. We were fired into once, and retaliated. This was the last time the Regiment was fired at." History of the Forty-Eighth Ohio Vet. Vol. Inf., pg. 185

Maj. Gen. F. Steele to Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby: "We have met no enemy, except a small party of guerrillas that fired upon two of the transports, killing one man and wounding two. This occurred at the plantation of a Mr. Mitchell, a notorious rebel, whom the negroes report as being one of the gang that fired upon the transports. I ordered his house burned and had a notice posted giving the reason for this destruction of property. Brigadier-General Piles brigade was marched across the bend of the river to Bridgeport Landing. Major Perry, of General Lucas staff; reported himself with forty cavalrymen at that point. He had captured 50 home guards, officers and men, and 1 piece of artillery. The officers and men he paroled to remain within the limits of their township until they should be exchanged or released by authority derived from the United States Government." OR: Vol. 49, Part 2, Pg. 496

Cpl. Reuben B. Scott, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry: "One morning, when all were moving along quietly, from the tops of one of those bluffs was seen a little puff of smoke, a report of a rifle was hoard and a bullet struck and killed a man on the top of one of our boats. Gen. Steele at once ordered a halt and landing sent a squad of cavalry in pursuit of the assassin, but to no avail, he could not be found. Steele then placed posters on trees and other public places, stating that if another man was killed he would devastate the whole country." The History of the 67th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers, War of the Rebellion. page 95