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Lt. Shelton Diary, 1864
1864-08-05 Page 01
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Aug 5th. 1864. This morning our company goes on picket and the prospect is quite gloomy I think we shall have rain. Last night was one of the strangest nights I ever saw - I thought I knew something about thunder and lightening but must give up that I never knew anything about it before - I can scarcely imagine how I kept dry - the other officers both got a good wetting - The tent of Co "C" fell down on them in the night I do not know what they did for the rest of the night - yesterday I went out fruiting
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Aug 5th. 1864. This morning our company goes on picket and the prospect is quite gloomy I think we shall have rain. Last night was one of the strangest nights I ever saw - I thought I knew something about thunder and lightening but must give up that I never knew anything about it before - I can scarcely imagine how I kept dry - the other officers both got a good wetting - The tent of Co "C" fell down on them in the night I do not know what they did for the rest of the night - yesterday I went out fruiting
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