In passing Vicksburg, she was damaged in the hull and had a steam-pipe cut away, but this was soon repaired.

The Henry Clay was set on fire by bursting shells, and burned up; one of my yawls picked up her pilot floating on a piece of wreck, and the bulk of her crew escaped in their own yawl-boat to the shore above.

The Silver Wave, Captain McMillan, the same that was with us up Steele's Bayou, passed safely, and she also rendered good service afterward.
Subsequently, on the night of April 26th, six other transports with numerous barges loaded with hay, corn, freight, and provisions, were drifted past Vicksburg; of these the Tigress was hit, and sunk just as she reached the river-bank below, on our side: I was there with my yawls, and saw Colonel Lagow, of General Grant's staff, who had passed the batteries in the Tigress, and I think he was satisfied never to attempt such a thing again.

Thus General Grant's army had below Vicksburg an abundance of stores, and boats with which to cross the river.

The road by which the troops marched was very bad, and it was not until the 1st of May that it was clear for my corps.