Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, October 4, 1862

At ½ past 7 Oc the 36th Reg of Iowa Vol. formed in line in Camp Lincoln Keokuk & at ½ past 8 Oc we ware mustered into the US Service by Lieut Ball mustering officer The boys had a good time over it we had one rejected but have a full company yet every man that we can get in with we had a good dress perade

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 91

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