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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-05-03 -- 1865-05-04
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(made 14 miles) and went into camp in a field once occupied by cavalry fron Grants army, Boydton is County seat of Mechlinburg Co. We passed over a beautiful country containing more produce than we had seen on any day yet., Rebel soldiers line the roads and not a bit of ill feelings remains between us & them. Our 2" Div is cut off by 20" Corps but Davis is bound to beat them with one Div or two anyhow 4 The Cits of B- are rather a mean set I guess. They refused to look at us as we marched through, and the guards
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(made 14 miles) and went into camp in a field once occupied by cavalry fron Grants army, Boydton is County seat of Mechlinburg Co. We passed over a beautiful country containing more produce than we had seen on any day yet., Rebel soldiers line the roads and not a bit of ill feelings remains between us & them. Our 2" Div is cut off by 20" Corps but Davis is bound to beat them with one Div or two anyhow 4 The Cits of B- are rather a mean set I guess. They refused to look at us as we marched through, and the guards
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