Captain Spencer returned to our company today. He is in ill
health and it is supposed that he has consumption. He is a fine officer, tall,
and as straight as an arrow. He is kind to his men at all times, on or off
duty. We still have dress parade every evening.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 286
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