Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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The first death in Company E.–Alexander G. Downing.

December 28, 2011

Diary of Alexander G. Downing; Company E, Eleventh Iowa Infantry

Saturday, 28th—We had to send two patrols of five men each down the railroad track each way from the station. There is always some danger of the track’s being torn up by organized bands of the “secesh” in this locality.[1]


[1] William Dwiggans died of typhoid fever on this day, in the hospital at Jefferson City. His was the first death in Company E. He was a good boy and a dutiful soldier.—A. G. D.

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