Dear Diary,

Well, I finally got to ride on a steamboat!  We moved out of camp at
full strength on the 10th, and covered the 20 or so miles to Cincinnati
in two days.  There were steamboats waiting to take us down river.  From
what I hear, we're bound for Louisville, KY. The Rebs seem to be moving
into the southern portion of the state in force, especially down around
Bowling Green.  Reckon we'll get our chance to save Kentucky for the
Union.

I wasn't much impressed with Cincinnati - but now I know why they call
it "Porkopolis".  It's a meat packing town, and I reckon there are more
pigs than people!  They just let them run loose down by the
slaughterhouses.  You can imagine the smell!

The steamboat ride was exciting!  Since we were moving with the
current, I reckon we made an easy 10 miles an hour most of the way.  No
problem with snags, but some with other river traffic.  Cincinnati is
one of the busiest ports on the Ohio, so it took a bit of dodging to get
into the channel.

They packed us in so tight, it was hard to find a place to sit, let
alone lay down, so I spent most of the trip watching the scenery.  We
got into Louisville late, so we just marched into camp and bedded down. 
Maybe I'll get a chance to explore later on.