Tuesday weather still cloudy and cold—Well we do not get off till 12 O'clock and we are delayed at the landing sometime Arrive at Cairo about 4 O'clock where our Col. gives his "beloved Regt." a salute from the Fort and has the portion of the Regt. left behind drawn up in line on the levee to receive us which is done with all the usual formalities of the military school. Then marched to our qrs. where after being drawn up previous to dismissal the Col. made a few remarks—expressing himself a being highly honored by commanding such a Regt. for their good morals.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 234
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