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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1864-July 1864
1864-05-09
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Monday 9" Moved out at 9 A.M. went a mile, then lay in reserve until 5 on a low ridge while the skirmishing in front was going quite lively, then moved half a mile to another ridge and camped for the night. We are now within 2 miles of the enemy's works in the gap. They occupying immense ridges on either side. The artillery on the ridge keeps up a slow fire doing no damage.
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Monday 9" Moved out at 9 A.M. went a mile, then lay in reserve until 5 on a low ridge while the skirmishing in front was going quite lively, then moved half a mile to another ridge and camped for the night. We are now within 2 miles of the enemy's works in the gap. They occupying immense ridges on either side. The artillery on the ridge keeps up a slow fire doing no damage.
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