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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865

1865-02-26 -- 1865-02-27

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26" [Moved?] down to [within?] a mile of the river camped in a thicket. Rumor No 1. "Lee lost 180 pieces of Art. and 22000 men begin to leave [Richmond?}" N 2. "Charleston evacuated" No 3. "Wilmington captured" and all these exaggerated to an extent to suit the taste of the narrator [Illegible] give down stream and we left in the lurch. [Positively?] in a predicament Johnnies whip some of our foragers. 27" Still we dont move. [illegible] [illegible] hard at work laying [illegible] the [illegible] is are uncommon swift stream, [ illegible] the rocks, it is a fearful place to cross.
 
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