Thursday, August 23, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, October 31, 1861


The new uniforms for the Eleventh Iowa were received today by our quartermaster. We are the first to receive uniforms before leaving the State. This is the last of October — and we are still at old Camp McClellan, Davenport, Iowa.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 15

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