Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tall Recruits


The Muscatine Journal says that Capt. Turner a few days since sent up nine recruits from that city to his company in the 16th regiment here, six of whom were over six feet high.  His company now musters ninety-five, rank and file.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 13, 1862, p. 1

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