9 Oc I attended guard mount & dismissed my old guard & delivered my report, I broke the crystle out of my watch & went to town through the raine & got one in, at 50 cts. 4 Oc we ware on dress perade. afternoon Capt Albert Aflick of Co A 12th Mo came up & was to se us on dress perade he speaks verry flattering of our Reg. he amused us with interesting incidents of their fighting, especilly of Pea Ridge, he only lost one man out of his Co at Vicksburg, he staid all night with us & shared my bunk with me. we had a pleasant time.
SOURCE: Edgar R. Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 1925, p. 110
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