Saturday, April 20, 2024

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Charles Lynch

April 20th. A very pleasant morning. Came off picket. After a good clean-up, obtained a pass permitting me to cross the Potomac River into Maryland, as I wished to visit and climb to the top of Maryland Heights, which I had done before. One gets a ?ne view of a tract of country which is [...]

Civil War Diary of Charles H. Lynch, 18th Conn. Vol’s.

…she went with me to see Capt. Woodward, to know what I must do in regard to an order which I heard was issued for my arrest..,

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April, Wednesday 20, 1864         Tate and I arrived in Memphis quite early, put the horse up, then walked up street together, met Nannie and Anna Perkins. Nannie gave me two letters, one from St. Louis to Mrs. Welch, an exile in La Grange, Ga. one from New York from a stranger, asking assistance to through [...]

Diaries and Letters of Belle Edmondson

A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary

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A likeness of Jones when he was editor and majority owner of the Daily Madisonian during President John Tyler’s administration.

APRIL 20th.—A clear morning, but a cold, cloudy day. The following dispatch from Gen. Forrest shows that the bloody work has commenced in earnest : “DEMOPOLIS, ALA., April 19th. “To GEN. S. COOPER. ………..“The following dispatch has just been received from Gen. Forrest, dated Jackson, Tenn., April 15th. “L. POLK, Lieut.-General. ………..“I attacked Fort Pillow [...]

A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the Confederate States Capital, By John Beauchamp Jones