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Showing posts with label Clothing Allowance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clothing Allowance. Show all posts
Saturday, April 2, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, June 22, 1865

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The Eleventh Iowa received eight months' pay, besides $100.00 of bounty money. I received $243.45, $34.00 of it being clothing money. 1...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 15, 1863

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. . . Today made two petticoats (for E. and self) out of a window curtain. “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Cut a pair of drawers fo...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, July 6, 1863

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We have had very changeable weather for a week now — hot and sultry, then cool and pleasant, then warm and hazy. The Eleventh Iowa received...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, June 10, 1862

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It is dry and hot. I wrote a letter to father enclosing $50.00 of the $53.00 which I received from the Government on May 31st, and in green...
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