Saturday, October 4, 2025

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, November 29, 1862

By 10 Oc the snow is all gone. I started from Benton Barracks & went in the street car to the citty spent the day in the citty & was over the two gun boats building at the upper end of the levvy they are formidable looking things 4 Oc crossed into Illinois & at 5 Oc took the cars for Belleville at 6 Oc arrived at Brotherinlaw JK Mullen's & found him and his Bride well took tea & went & spent part of the evening with H A Mullen found his family well. returned & staid the night with JK & left with Amandus

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 96

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