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Lt. Shelton Diary, 1864
1864-07-01 Page 03
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from Memphis to the black Swamp - and camped on the banks of Woolf river at the crossing of the river by the Memphis and Charlestown R.R. In coming out young Yancey of Co. A. was sitting with his feet of the car when a post struck them and knocked him off the car fracturing his skull. he died that night - Searg Long of our company in assisting to take charge of him fell under the car and was passed over by three heavily loaded cars He only gave one gasp after being removed from the track - So we lost two
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from Memphis to the black Swamp - and camped on the banks of Woolf river at the crossing of the river by the Memphis and Charlestown R.R. In coming out young Yancey of Co. A. was sitting with his feet of the car when a post struck them and knocked him off the car fracturing his skull. he died that night - Searg Long of our company in assisting to take charge of him fell under the car and was passed over by three heavily loaded cars He only gave one gasp after being removed from the track - So we lost two
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