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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1864-July 1864
1864-05-06 -- 1864-05-07 Page 02
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The 52" Ohio was on the skirmish line and drove the enemy finally to Tunnel Hill where they had an artillery fight of an hour. One of our regiments charged a squad of bogus rebels, clothes stuffed with straw, a grand joke on them by the way. The enemy's position on "Buzzard Roost" was flanked by the 23rd A.C. and at dark our advance was ten miles from Ringgold. Our regiment went on picket at 4 P.M. The march was very
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The 52" Ohio was on the skirmish line and drove the enemy finally to Tunnel Hill where they had an artillery fight of an hour. One of our regiments charged a squad of bogus rebels, clothes stuffed with straw, a grand joke on them by the way. The enemy's position on "Buzzard Roost" was flanked by the 23rd A.C. and at dark our advance was ten miles from Ringgold. Our regiment went on picket at 4 P.M. The march was very
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