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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-02-17
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The country here quite rolling, many boulders are found in the road, which had become curiosities. Forage very plenty, Marched until 9 PM then halted in a cornfield to camp near the ruins of an old machinery of some kind Days march about 10 miles, "Kill" has about 40 prisoners with him All the woods, fences and fields were on fire along the route. It was a very windy day and the destruction of propery must have been immense If the Johnnies let us alone about two weeks there will not be enough rail-roads left them to send out peace-commissioners on, Poor people
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The country here quite rolling, many boulders are found in the road, which had become curiosities. Forage very plenty, Marched until 9 PM then halted in a cornfield to camp near the ruins of an old machinery of some kind Days march about 10 miles, "Kill" has about 40 prisoners with him All the woods, fences and fields were on fire along the route. It was a very windy day and the destruction of propery must have been immense If the Johnnies let us alone about two weeks there will not be enough rail-roads left them to send out peace-commissioners on, Poor people
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