Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.

Saturday, 16th–It is clear and quite cool today. My brother John and I went up to Tipton this morning. Things are pretty lively in town; but there are not many of the veterans in today. I went to the harness shop and bought a saddle as a present to father. I called on Mrs. Willey, she and her husband having been good friends of mine. Mr. Willey was a member of the Twenty-fourth Iowa, but died in the spring of ’63 at Milliken’s Bend, above Vicksburg. On our way back home I stopped at the home of Mr. Robedie and took supper with the family.