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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-03-20 -- 1865-03-21
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We had a good deal of fun dodging & blinking as the Johns bursted their shells near us. A little after dark we fell in noislessly and [turned?] back through the several lines of works, where we lay down in an open field, The Johnnies seem to be well fortified near a swamp and guess they are going to stay there, The 2" Div had a little fight on the right towards evening, A section of Art came up and did some firing. The 20" Corps came up and removed their dead and wounded while we held the line Days march 4 miles. 21" Had the "General" call at 9 & with 82" moved out towards Fayetteville to fix road, Loss in
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We had a good deal of fun dodging & blinking as the Johns bursted their shells near us. A little after dark we fell in noislessly and [turned?] back through the several lines of works, where we lay down in an open field, The Johnnies seem to be well fortified near a swamp and guess they are going to stay there, The 2" Div had a little fight on the right towards evening, A section of Art came up and did some firing. The 20" Corps came up and removed their dead and wounded while we held the line Days march 4 miles. 21" Had the "General" call at 9 & with 82" moved out towards Fayetteville to fix road, Loss in
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