Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Thursday, April 2, 1863

Reg. went on picket at 10. A. M. night of 2. brilliant moonlight, read a paper by moonlight. Rebs fired on our fatigue parties working at a fort throwing a shell regularly every ½ hour.

SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 7, January 1923, p. 487

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