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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-02-10 -- 1865-02-11
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Camped 1/2 mile from town having marched 20 miles 11th. Lay in camp near town until 1 P.M. Visited the town, and found all the public buildings burned, jail, courthouse, and stores, It was a pretty town (County seat), and 12 miles from the C & A R,R, At 1 PM. we started for the R R and marched briskly until dark and camped in a sandy field having come 10 miles. "Kill" had a fight on the R R this forenoon & the firing was quite brisk. Many houses burned today. The poeple on today's march were very poor, and their property, in a manner
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Camped 1/2 mile from town having marched 20 miles 11th. Lay in camp near town until 1 P.M. Visited the town, and found all the public buildings burned, jail, courthouse, and stores, It was a pretty town (County seat), and 12 miles from the C & A R,R, At 1 PM. we started for the R R and marched briskly until dark and camped in a sandy field having come 10 miles. "Kill" had a fight on the R R this forenoon & the firing was quite brisk. Many houses burned today. The poeple on today's march were very poor, and their property, in a manner
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