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George C. Burmeister diary, 1863
1863-07-27 -- 1863-07-28
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Monday 27. Went over to our old camp where we formerly stood picket, found it in pretty good condition. It rained. The resignation papers of Capt. J. Flannagan of Co. H and Lt. R. Hawley of Company A arrived this evening accepted, these men are exceedingly glad. I have made arrangements to go to Vicksburg with them tomorrow to get any Company property hence. Slept well tonight. Tuesday 28 Capt Flannagan, Lt, Lofland, Dr Chambers, others and I started for Vicksburg, had a very fine trip, arrived at our division hospital at 11 A.M. where I found Lt. Col. Rothrock, Lt. Kranz, other officers, and a number of my men who were glad to see me. After dinner we rode into our convalescent camp, where I met one of my men and other friends, thence we rode towards the city of Vicksburg. On entering the rebel works I was astonished that they are not stronger, it appears to me that if we had ever carried the first works, we could easily have taken the rest. The effects of our destructive missiles are still visible, the trees in the vicinity of the fort are all killed, by our shot. Hundreds of graves are visible. The city is enclosed by a line of hills which make a natural defense around it, to have taken these fortifications would have cost us
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Monday 27. Went over to our old camp where we formerly stood picket, found it in pretty good condition. It rained. The resignation papers of Capt. J. Flannagan of Co. H and Lt. R. Hawley of Company A arrived this evening accepted, these men are exceedingly glad. I have made arrangements to go to Vicksburg with them tomorrow to get any Company property hence. Slept well tonight. Tuesday 28 Capt Flannagan, Lt, Lofland, Dr Chambers, others and I started for Vicksburg, had a very fine trip, arrived at our division hospital at 11 A.M. where I found Lt. Col. Rothrock, Lt. Kranz, other officers, and a number of my men who were glad to see me. After dinner we rode into our convalescent camp, where I met one of my men and other friends, thence we rode towards the city of Vicksburg. On entering the rebel works I was astonished that they are not stronger, it appears to me that if we had ever carried the first works, we could easily have taken the rest. The effects of our destructive missiles are still visible, the trees in the vicinity of the fort are all killed, by our shot. Hundreds of graves are visible. The city is enclosed by a line of hills which make a natural defense around it, to have taken these fortifications would have cost us
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