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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, December 20, 1862

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The news came in this morning that Holly Springs was entered at daylight and captured. The Rebels took over two hundred thousand dollars and...

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, December 26, 1862

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Warm and raining. We were astir early, cooked our breakfasts, filled our haversacks with meat and what little bread we had, and fell in abou...

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, December 27, 1862

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Warm and rainy this morning. We struck out tents, fell in about daylight and marched through to Holly Springs, where we saw the effects of t...

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells, December 29, 1862

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A foraging party went out this morning. One of our boys killed five hogs and thirteen chickens, and found two government wagons and two barr...
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