Sept. 21st.
Our Reg. is still working on the
fortifications, and the work goes on well.
The Gen. is building five forts at this place, when finished they will be
impregnable The troops are coming in very
fast—we have from 10,000 to 15,000 now, and when they all get here we shall
have from 25,000 to 30,000. They we
expect to go to Arkansas and Texas where there are a few jobs to be done in the
way of fighting. Hindman is said to have
a large force somewhere south of us, and if he does not attack us soon we will
attend to him. I am anxious for this war
to close; not that I regret having enlisted to serve my country, but because I
would like to be at home with my friends.
– Published in The Union Sentinel,
Osceola, Iowa, Saturday, October 18, 1862, p. 2
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