Thursday, June 25, 2015

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, September 8, 1864

Cool and cloudy with some rain today. All is quiet.1
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1 Sherman's army went into permanent camp in the vicinity of Atlanta for a much needed rest. The camps were in the timber and the men had good water. — A. G. D.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 214

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