Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Friday, February 7, 1862

Camp Cairo Illinois. Weather cold. Glorious News, Two of our Gun Boats returned this morning bearing the Rebel Flags captured at Fort Henry. The respective loss is not yet ascertained. One of our Boats in the parts not ironed got pretty badly splintered up. One of the Rebel Gens. was also captured.

SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 235

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