Friday, July 29, 2016

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Friday May 8, 1863

Town of Moro at 8. A. M. report of 3000 rebs near under command of Col. Dobbin, sent out scouts, none found, 4 miles this side Moro false alarm by our cav. comeing up in rear, open prairie. Timber 3 miles prairie 5.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 489

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