Friday, July 13, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, September 23, 1861


The boys are beginning to enlist quite fast. A goodly number enrolled today, and we now have our company almost full. We drill twice a day. We drilled today in "double quick" through the streets of Tipton.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 10

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