Saturday, August 3, 2024

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

10 Oc we marched out & met the Bellair Co & marched into town we trained some in town & around it & at noon we marched out north of town & there was a fine dinner prepared & the soldiers eat first then the ladies & then the other men after which M H Hare & Mr Grenell made good speeches then we formed & marched to town & dismissed & I got teams engaged to take us to Ottumwa free

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 88

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