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William Legg Henderson journal #8, June 8 - 30, 1865
Page 21 1865-06-28
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21 and passed a miserable night as pleasantly as Circumstances would permit while being jolted over the most desolate region in Mississippi 34 miles nearly every mile as memorable as a Battle field, and consecrated as the last resting place of many brave men who sleep from the defences of Jackson via Memphis Hills to Vicksburg. reached Big Black at 8 A.M. I had hoped that by coming through in the night I might get ahead of Brown to Vicksburg but He had Either taken the night track on the 27th or else the Mississippi Central from Jackson to Memphis
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21 and passed a miserable night as pleasantly as Circumstances would permit while being jolted over the most desolate region in Mississippi 34 miles nearly every mile as memorable as a Battle field, and consecrated as the last resting place of many brave men who sleep from the defences of Jackson via Memphis Hills to Vicksburg. reached Big Black at 8 A.M. I had hoped that by coming through in the night I might get ahead of Brown to Vicksburg but He had Either taken the night track on the 27th or else the Mississippi Central from Jackson to Memphis
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