Friday, July 27, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, October 7, 1861


I left for Davenport early this morning, riding to town with a farmer, and got back to camp at 2 o'clock. Quite a number of the boys around Allen's Grove are in camp here as members of the Second Iowa Cavalry.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 13

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