Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, June 23, 1863

Fighting is still going on. A force of thirty thousand under command of General Sherman was sent to rout Johnston. The Eleventh Iowa, with the exception of Company E, went on an expedition1 in the direction of the Big Black river. Company E was left here for picket duty.
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1 To join Sherman's forces. — Ed.


Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 123

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