Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

December 24, 2012

An Artilleryman's Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones, 6th Battery, Wisconsin Artillery.

Lumpkin’s Mill, Wednesday, Dec. 24. A day of fasting to Quinby’s Division, the rations having run out yesterday and none having arrived. I ate parched corn and drank coffee. Marched to Lumpkin’s Mill, went into camp 1 P. M. Drew rations in the evening. A heifer found.

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