Friday, January 31, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Friday, April 3, 1863

The Eleventh Iowa signed the pay rolls for four months’ pay. Boats loaded with troops are passing down the river every hour of the day. Our entire division is again drilling four hours a day. We have a fine drill ground.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 107

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