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Joseph Child diary, 1862-1863
1863-05-24 -- 1863-05-25
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we are ordered to put up some breast work to night went at 8 pm within 6000 yards of the enemy worked until 2 am 25. it was a place in a ravine where the enemy had good range of us and when ever we run troops in they fired on them there had been a good many wounded there the boys have orders to be ready to make another charge I hope it will be sucsessful and we are going to build a fort I dont think the
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we are ordered to put up some breast work to night went at 8 pm within 6000 yards of the enemy worked until 2 am 25. it was a place in a ravine where the enemy had good range of us and when ever we run troops in they fired on them there had been a good many wounded there the boys have orders to be ready to make another charge I hope it will be sucsessful and we are going to build a fort I dont think the
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