Tuesday, November 19, 2024

“It is the first house I have been in for the last three months.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

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Near Hillsboro, November 19, 1864. Have been foraging to-day. Crossed the Ocmulgee at Ocmulgee Mills, on pontoons. This river is much like the Chattahoochie, but not so broad. I am lost from the division tonight and camped near the 2d Division. By the kindness of Mrs. Elizabeth Celia Pye, I occupy a feather bed to-night. [...]

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

Dolly Burge describes the coming of Sherman’s men to her home…”the heavens from every point were lit up with flames from burning buildings…”

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November 19, 1864. Slept in my clothes last night, as I heard that the Yankees went to neighbor Montgomery’s on Thursday night at one o’clock, searched his house, drank his wine, and took his money and valuables. As we were not disturbed, I walked after breakfast, with Sadai, up to Mr. Joe Perry’s, my nearest [...]

Dolly Sumner Lunt Burge – A Woman’s Wartime Journal.