Camp McClernand
Cairo Illinois. Very cool—quite a change since yesterday. No rain last,
night Sad news this morning another good man gone the way of all the Earth—Col.
Ed. D. Barker (Baker) One of the best of Orators and the boast of our nation
fell while gallantly leading his Regt. at the Battle near Leesburg Virginia
Another sacrifice to the glorius cause of liberty. Ten men detailed out of each
comp. armed with brooms & shovels for the purpose of cleaning up the
barracks, and preparing quarters for our Regt. down in Camp Cairo.
SOURCE: Transactions
of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 229
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