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Friday, August 23, 2024

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Thursday, August 14, 1862

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Spring Green, Wis.  I enlisted under Lieutenant Fancher for the 6th Battery, Wisconsin Artillery. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artillery...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Monday, August 25, 1862

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Madison, Wis. I bade good-bye to friends, relatives and companions most dear, and at 8 o'clock embarked for Madison to begin my soldier&...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Tuesday, August 26, 1862

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Madison. I got partially rested by my short sleep, but I was awake long ere the rising of the sun. I awoke to a different scene to which had...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Wednesday, August 27, 1862

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Madison.  I had to pass through the regular scramble-game for my rations, and drew the bounty in the afternoon, went around town and bought ...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Thursday, August 28, 1862

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Enroute. To-day we were informed that we were to be sent on in the evening. I wrote my first letter home and in the evening we started for &...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Friday, August 29, 1862

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Enroute. The day dawned just in time to see the suburbs (Chicago). We being about five miles from town received a magnificent view of the We...

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Saturday, August 30, 1862

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Cairo, Ill. We were astir early to catch the first sight of the far-famed city of Cairo (Ill.), and certainly an unhappy surprise we found i...