Friday, August 31, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Friday, November 8, 1861


The Thirteenth Iowa received their uniforms and equipments today.  Some of our boys are absent on sick leave, having caught severe colds on account of the changeable weather.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 17

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