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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, July-Nov. 1864
1864-08-21
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21" Quiet until nine, when our boys brought on an Art' duel which lasted two hours, and being at a range of less than a thousand yds. was most desperate. I was watching the effect of our shells upon the Rebel embrasures in our front 700 yds. when a line shot struck the works where I had stood before dodging, Knocked the head-log down on me and completely covered me with dirt and brush. The shot bounced out
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21" Quiet until nine, when our boys brought on an Art' duel which lasted two hours, and being at a range of less than a thousand yds. was most desperate. I was watching the effect of our shells upon the Rebel embrasures in our front 700 yds. when a line shot struck the works where I had stood before dodging, Knocked the head-log down on me and completely covered me with dirt and brush. The shot bounced out
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