John Henry Asendorf in uniform The War Diary of John Henry Asendorf
The Story of a Pennsylvania Volunteer during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and the Philippine American War
Monday, May 9th, 1898  Diary View

Enlisted on May 8th and started for Mt. Gretna on the 4 of May 1898 33 of us where we joined the Rest of the Co. we had a very pleasant trip left Uniontown at 5:16 pm stopped of at Greensburg at 7:30 and paraded all trough the town left at 9:40 and stopped of at Altona 30 m and at 4:30 am at Harrisburg arrived at 6 clock am at Mt. Gretna the Weather had being fine during our trip and we surely enjoyed our trip.

 

Enlisted on May 8th. Thirty-three of us went to Mt. Gretna on May 4, 1898 and joined by the rest of the company. We had a very pleasant trip. Left Uniontown at 5:16 p.m., stopped in Greensburg at 7:30 and paraded through town, left at 9:40 p.m. and stopped in Altoona for 30 minutes and in Harrisburg at 4:30 a.m. Arrived at 6:00 a.m. at Mt. Gretna. The weather was fine during out trip. We surely enjoyed our trip.
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