Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, July 1, 1862

Received orders to cook four days’ rations and be ready to move at a moment’s notice. We had everything in readiness when late in the evening the order was countermanded.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 55-6

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