The Thirteenth Regiment started for Iowa today on their
thirty-day furlough. Our regiment received three months' pay, and all who
re-enlisted were given a part of their bounty money, $160.00 each. The bounty,
with my regular pay, after settling for six months' clothing, $8.00, gave me
$207.00.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 173
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