I was detailed
sergeant major for this expedition to Abercrombie. Rainy. Rainy. We left Fort
Snelling, Company G of the Seventh and some of the Third. Took dinner at St.
Anthony. Put up for the night at Coon's Creek. Rainy and variable. The Second
Winona came up during the night. Went 21 miles today. Van Amens of Anoka
treated us to cheese and crackers.
SOURCE: Lewis C.
Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 4
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