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

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Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

September 26, 2013

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills, (8th Illinois Infantry)

Messengers Ferry, Big Black River, Miss.,

September 26, 1863.

When we assembled at regimental headquarters this p.m., the colonel informed us that our corps was ordered to report to Rosecrans, at Chattanooga, and that we should prepare to move at a moment’s notice.

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