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Oliver Boardman correspondence and journals, 1861-1863

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late to take part. We staid there that night and till about two oclock the next day when we returned to Keokuk, but the excitement kept up for several days. once we heard they were fighting there again and started to go asecond time but soon learned it was afalse alarm and returned to Camp on the 9th we gave up our muskets but kept the Cartridge boxes. we then got on board the War Eagle and started for St Louis where we landed the next evening. we went ashore long enough to get some thing to eat the first we had had since leaving Keokuk with the exception of a few bites of pilot bread and raw meat. The next evening went down to the Jefferson Barracks and landed - twelve miles below St Louis. that night it rained hard all night and the next morning was very cold for the time of year. we had neither tents nor blankets but drew ablanket apeace during the day. On the 13th of Aug we left the barracks and went to the arsenal at St Louis. while there we got afew Clothes which were acceptable though they were not government Clothes. On the 17th we moved from the arsenal into the Lafayette Park or which was afterwards named Camp Jessie. On the 18th we drew tents They were alarge tent Called the Fremont tent and calculated to hold twenty men to the tent The Company was then divided into Squads of twenty men under the Charge of two Corporals and tented accordingly. The Sergeants have atent to themselves the Commissioned Officers the same. Three men excused from all other duty done the cooking for the Company as had always been done before and since. While at Camp Jessie we drilled without arms on average of about six hours aday. our guard duty was also heavy. On the 17th of Sept we moved into Benton Barracks. on the morning of the 19th we were reviewed by Gen Curtis

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late to take part. We staid there that night and till about two oclock the next day when we returned to Keokuk, but the excitement kept up for several days. once we heard they were fighting there again and started to go asecond time but soon learned it was afalse alarm and returned to Camp on the 9th we gave up our muskets but kept the Cartridge boxes. we then got on board the War Eagle and started for St Louis where we landed the next evening. we went ashore long enough to get some thing to eat the first we had had since leaving Keokuk with the exception of a few bites of pilot bread and raw meat. The next evening went down to the Jefferson Barracks and landed - twelve miles below St Louis. that night it rained hard all night and the next morning was very cold for the time of year. we had neither tents nor blankets but drew ablanket apeace during the day. On the 13th of Aug we left the barracks and went to the arsenal at St Louis. while there we got afew Clothes which were acceptable though they were not government Clothes. On the 17th we moved from the arsenal into the Lafayette Park or which was afterwards named Camp Jessie. On the 18th we drew tents They were alarge tent Called the Fremont tent and calculated to hold twenty men to the tent The Company was then divided into Squads of twenty men under the Charge of two Corporals and tented accordingly. The Sergeants have atent to themselves the Commissioned Officers the same. Three men excused from all other duty done the cooking for the Company as had always been done before and since. While at Camp Jessie we drilled without arms on average of about six hours aday. our guard duty was also heavy. On the 17th of Sept we moved into Benton Barracks. on the morning of the 19th we were reviewed by Gen Curtis