The weather is quite pleasant. Nothing of any importance. I
have made loans to the boys of my company as follows: Samuel Bain, $5.00; John
Ford, $5.00; Samuel Metcalf, $5.00; Burtis Rumsey, $3.00; William Green, $3.00,
and Monroe Blazer, $1.00. I also loaned $5.00 to John Hemphill of Company I of
the Sixteenth Iowa. All loans are to be paid back on next pay day. I paid a
debt of $5.00 to Thomas Armstrong. I bought a gold pen from Jason Sparks for
$5.00. All is quiet on the post.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 218
