Friday, March 8, 2024

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, August 16, 1862

11 Oc the Bellair Company of volunteers came to town we formed in line & saluted them I then assigned them their places for dinner which we had arranged previous afternoon we had several speeches our companys then formed in line and paraded on the square after we broke ranks G. Udell & Talbot took up a collection & got over ten dollars to get our company a flag

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 86-7

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