Monday, March 18, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, August 28, 1861

Drill this morning from 6 till 7 O'clock Orders to march tomorrow at 12 M. to Cairo. Some disappointment among the men but generally resigned to go where they are ordered. It was hoped that we would be ordered to Mo. but those hopes are now blighted and we will now go to one of the most unhealthy spots in the U. S. to stay we know not how long Well anything to save our Union Our beloved country let it be what it will.

SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 224

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