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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-06-02
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June. 2d,, Last night all the officers went to the City to visit Pop Thomas They had no sooner got out of sight than the boys began firing all over the brigade "Look out 31' we're going to charge" said the 17" men and our boys formed a line of battle when on came the 17" and our boys opened on them. A terrible fight ensued and for an hour the noise and yells as each party charged, were kept up. It was fun until one of 82 Ind got a load shot in his leg when they stopped the sport,
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June. 2d,, Last night all the officers went to the City to visit Pop Thomas They had no sooner got out of sight than the boys began firing all over the brigade "Look out 31' we're going to charge" said the 17" men and our boys formed a line of battle when on came the 17" and our boys opened on them. A terrible fight ensued and for an hour the noise and yells as each party charged, were kept up. It was fun until one of 82 Ind got a load shot in his leg when they stopped the sport,
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