Thursday, March 6, 2025

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Thursday, October 24, 1861

Quite cool but not so unpleasant as yesterday.—A very heavy frost during the night the first we have had here this season. Capt. Parke is on duty at Cairo to day Officer of the day—Orders from the Col. to move into the Barracks to-morrow.

SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 229

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