Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, January 17, 1863

I was on guard supernumerary in the daytime and stood beyond Wolf Creek at night. instructions to be ready at 6:30 o'clock in the     Towards night the sergeant-major came along with morning to go aboard the transports for down the river.

SOURCE: Seth James Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells, Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After the Surrender, pp. 28-9

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