Dress parade was dispensed with today on account of the
smallpox scare. One case of smallpox was discovered in Company K. Instead of
the regular inspection, the doctor vaccinated all who could not show a scar
less than a year old.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 101
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