Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 30, 1862

8 Oc a detail of 10 men from each Co was made for fatigue duty & I was put in command & went & commenced to clear up & set our tents; 10 Oc an order came for us to prepare rations & get ready to march at 8½ night we ware called in line and marched to the landing in Ft Pickering 9½ Oc we went on board the packets Anglo Saxon, Ida May & Lebanon for Helena Arkansas.

SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 101

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