Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, December 31, 1861

The boys are all preparing for New Year's Day celebration. Thus ends 1861.2

2 The last day of 1861 found our regiment stationed as follows: Company K at Lookout Station, Companies B, G, K and H at California, Companies A, C, D, F and I at Fulton, all in the State of Missouri, and not far apart. They were all in winter quarters, occupying vacant store buildings. We saw some pretty hard service during the month of December, but only in the suffering by exposure to the cold weather. — A. G. D.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 27

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