Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, July 3, 1865

Reveille sounded at 1 a. m. for the Iowa Brigade, and at 2 o'clock we started for the city, marching down to the wharf for the purpose of escorting General Sherman from the landing to the residence of Mr. Osborne, the editor of the Louisville Journal. The general looks fine; he never looked better to us boys.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 285