We had regular drill this morning and in the afternoon our
election of officers. The election resulted as follows: Captain, Samuel S.
McLoney; First Lieutenant, John F. Compton; Second Lieutenant, Lorenzo D.
Durbin; Orderly Sergeant, Joel H. Clark. I went home this evening for the last
time before leaving for Camp McClellan.1
1 It proved to be the last time for two years and
six months. — A. G. D.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 10
