Near Alexandria. Va., May 19, 1865. Rained all night. Reveille at 2 p.m., and started off before daylight. Men waded two or three creeks to their middles. March miserably conducted. Passed the church that Washington attended, built in 1783. It has nearly all, except roof and walls, been carried away by relic maniacs. Our division [...]
“Thus closes this diary of one of the most memorable year’s campaigns in the history of modern times.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.
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