Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday, September 30, 1861

Cool & bracing. Drilling at usual hours Capt. Parke Officer of the Day Weather quite warm and pleasant after 9 O'clock Report of the capture of Ritters Comp. remain unchanged. Battalion Drill this afternoon. Dress Parade at the proper hour—Volleys of musketry were heard at Birds Point this afternoon—but suppose it occurred in the practice of loading and firing

SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 227

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