Friday, 20th–Captain Stearns of Company A of the Eighth Iowa arrived today from Davenport, coming to encourage enlistments. Several new men enrolled today. We have a fine drillmaster in John F. Compton of New Liberty, Scott county. He is an Englishman, and has served five years in the Queen’s Guards of England.
Captain Stearns of Company A of the Eighth Iowa is here encourage enlistments.–Alexander G. Downing.
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