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Showing posts with label Camp Butler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camp Butler. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday, September 16, 1861

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Police Duty as usual, respective Companies fixing up their camp ground. Nothing of importance to day except the arrival of a Comp. of 50 men...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Saturday, August 24, 1861

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Camp Butler, Sagamon co Ills. Morning quite cool. Williams returned last night with 3 recruits. Co. now consists of 82 men rank and file. Ca...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday Morning, August 26, 1861

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Camp at Jacksonville Morgan co. Ills. Roll call at 5 Breakfast at 5½ O'clock. Immediately after breakfast the 13 men who joined last eve...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, August 7, 1861

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Camp Butler Sagamon County Ills.   Capt. Parkes Comp arrived at this place. Rec'd Tents Camp Equippage &c. Tents erected today. SO...
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: April 8, 1864

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Negroes by the hundreds are flocking to our camp; all sizes and ages, ranging from one year to one hundred years old. Poor deluded beings, h...
Saturday, April 29, 2023

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: between January 19 & February 28, 1864

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"Southward, ho! How the grand old war-cry Thunders over the land to-day, Rolling down from the eastern mountains, Dying in the west awa...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Escape of more Prisoners from Camp Butler

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The Springfield, (Ill.,) Journal, of March 31, says: Two rebel Prisoners named Partwright and Des Merks escaped from Camp Butler on last Sa...