Friday, July 12, 2024

“About 12 o’clock we were nearly all asleep, when a mule came charging at full speed right through our regiment.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

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July 12, 1864. We lay quietly in the shade all day the 11th, save those who had ambition enough to go fishing, berrying or swimming. The other bank of the Chattahoochie opposite us is yet lined with Rebel sharp-shooters, but there is a fine creek from which the boys get some fine fish. I saw [...]

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

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Charles Lynch

July 12th. A fine morning. When relieved from duty went to the large spring for a bath. Called on Mrs. Shults, my wash-woman. A fine old German woman. Always did my washing and the mending of my clothes. Her old father lived with her. Owned a small home on the Winchester Pike, close to the [...]

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