I went to Davenport today and returned to Camp McClellan. A
force of about five hundred men was sent down the river by boat to Keokuk, for
the purpose of reinforcing the troops at that place. It is expected that they
will have a fight there. I was too late in returning to camp to go with them.
Source: Alexander G, Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Edited
by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 6
No comments:
Post a Comment