We had our first general review today, including the
infantry, cavalry and artillery. The parade ground was full of soldiers, most
of them full-armed for active service. And thus ends the month of November at
Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 20
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