Saturday, August 3, 2024

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, September 30, 1862

An unusual heavy rain forenoon heavy thunder & lightning Struck one of the tents in our Reg. Capt Joy Co. B It knocked down several men but none seariously injoured. afternoon we drilled untill the rain drove us in. evening K P Morrison preached in the camp of the 30th Reg text for we know if the earthly house &c I exorted & closed there was good attention Our first Lieutenant arrived the 1st he has been with us since elected

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 90-1

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