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Wendell D. Wiltsie diary, 1863-1864
1863-12-24 -- 1863-12-26
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December trying to cut through & are repulsed recd a letter from sister. 25th we had a fine Christmas dinner of chickens & hard tack just before dark the bugle sounded strike tents we packed up fell in & marched to Strawberry Plains a distance of about 8 miles bivouacked for the night in the woods at 11 1/2 oClock. 26th struck tents
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December trying to cut through & are repulsed recd a letter from sister. 25th we had a fine Christmas dinner of chickens & hard tack just before dark the bugle sounded strike tents we packed up fell in & marched to Strawberry Plains a distance of about 8 miles bivouacked for the night in the woods at 11 1/2 oClock. 26th struck tents
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