Camp Cairo, Ills. Saturday morning cloudy. From present appearances one would think our stay here would be for several days—as there is no stir in camp, probably waiting for the other forces to come up before we take up our line of march Our present camp is near the ruins of Fort Jefferson. A Fort erected in Jeffersons time—during the Indian war upon the frontier & was at one time a stronghold of Daniel Boone Dress Parade this evening.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 233
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