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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1864-July 1864

1864-05-14 Page 02

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line close to where we had been the night before. Formed three or 4 lines more by 8 a.m. At last our line fronted to the east. Skirmishers were thrown out and soon found the enemy. Skirmishing continued until 1 P.M. when a charge was ordered. The 23rd Corps being the assaulting column. A brigade of the 23 Corps passed over us and we fell in and between two [In Margin] Ira Marsh my friend and messmate came to me during the afternoon and volunteered to go on the skirmish line and he was the only member of my company killed in the fight, shot through and through by a shell.
 
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