Saturday, October 11, 2014

Diary of Private Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, December 12, 1863

It came the Eleventh Iowa's turn to go on reserve picket, down in the river bottom. It is a fine place for a reserve post, plenty of wood to burn these rather cold nights.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 157

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