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Joseph Child diary, 1862-1863
1862-12-29
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they say we shal get to vicksburg in 24 hours they say we have taken 1000 prisoners but I have not seen but 10 of them we are here waiting to asist in making another charge when a shell burst at the top of the trees it made us ley down flat on the ground a small peace fell on Hen lowblelt but did not hurt him wee marched back 50 rods and ley down on the ground for the night in the
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they say we shal get to vicksburg in 24 hours they say we have taken 1000 prisoners but I have not seen but 10 of them we are here waiting to asist in making another charge when a shell burst at the top of the trees it made us ley down flat on the ground a small peace fell on Hen lowblelt but did not hurt him wee marched back 50 rods and ley down on the ground for the night in the
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