Saturday, July 4, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, September 17, 1864

The fight is all over and no one was hurt. The troops remained under arms all night to be in readiness for the rebels should they come across the river. Everything is quiet today.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 215

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