There was still some fighting today with the fleeing rebels,
and we took some prisoners, but the main part of the army had too much of a
start on us.
The Eleventh Iowa received four months’ pay today. I drew
$53.00. We had to make settlement at this time for all clothing purchased.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 51
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