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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-03-09
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9" Our Div gets the advance to-day and set out early. After going 1 1/2 mile we strike a plank road, a much worn worthless affair and make 10 m by 11 AM, when we halt and get dinner Got Fayetteville papers of the 6" and the latest news from United States It confirmed the news of the taking of Charleston & Wilmington We finished up a 20 mile march by 8 At night, it pouring down rain in torrents We were hindered for two hours by the burning of a rosin factory by the roadside and which ran down the stream on the water and burned the bridge The fire was the grandest scene
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9" Our Div gets the advance to-day and set out early. After going 1 1/2 mile we strike a plank road, a much worn worthless affair and make 10 m by 11 AM, when we halt and get dinner Got Fayetteville papers of the 6" and the latest news from United States It confirmed the news of the taking of Charleston & Wilmington We finished up a 20 mile march by 8 At night, it pouring down rain in torrents We were hindered for two hours by the burning of a rosin factory by the roadside and which ran down the stream on the water and burned the bridge The fire was the grandest scene
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