Friday, November 1, 2024

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Charles Lynch

November 1st. On duty at the camp. Waiting for the election to take place. I was one of the three corporals in charge of the main gate. The grounds and barracks are surrounded by a high board fence. A number of recruits are here, waiting to be sent to the different regiments.

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

“Got all the men would carry..,”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

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Cedar Town, Ga., November 1, 1864. Abomination of abominations, train guard to-day. It is the most disagreeable duty we are subject to on the march. I escaped the afternoon duty by being sent out foraging. Got all the men would carry, and disgusted a rich citizen considerably, also saw a nice, rosy-faced girl, whose teeth [...]

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills, (8th Illinois Infantry)