Sunday, May 12, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, September 11, 1861

Stormy Night. Indications this morning good for a rainy day A marvelous assault was committed at the St. Charles Hotel yesterday by the Reporter of the St. Louis Democrat on the person of the surgeon on the 8th Mo Regt. The surgeon was shot in the small of the back by a pistol ball wound not mortal.

Camp McClernand Cairo Ills.

The reporter gave himself up and is now in custody. Dress Parade omitted this evening on account of the inclemency of the weather.

SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 226

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