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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-05-11
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24" Corps out in line on manchester side of river halted at sun down, As we filed through the streets the men began "reaching" for all pies, cakes, &c, on the side-walks for sale, and showed themselves to be scoundrels by their actions, Our Div in advance of whole army, (We beat the 20" corps in to Richmond 24 hours,) We passed several lines of heavy works during the day, and crossed the Chickahominy in afternoon, Gen Sherman is along in advance,
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24" Corps out in line on manchester side of river halted at sun down, As we filed through the streets the men began "reaching" for all pies, cakes, &c, on the side-walks for sale, and showed themselves to be scoundrels by their actions, Our Div in advance of whole army, (We beat the 20" corps in to Richmond 24 hours,) We passed several lines of heavy works during the day, and crossed the Chickahominy in afternoon, Gen Sherman is along in advance,
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