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

Multi-state and multi-national.–Alexander G. Downing.

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October 11, 2011

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

Friday, 11th—My company, E, has ninety-seven men. They are of several different nationalities, as follows: Three from Canada, four from Ireland, two from England, two from Germany, and one from France; the rest are American-born, as follows: Twenty-three from Ohio, twenty-one from Pennsylvania, sixteen from New York, eight from Indiana, six from Iowa, two each from Michigan and Vermont, and one each from Maryland and Maine. The average age is less than twenty years, and there are eight married men.

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