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

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“Plenty of milk and honey.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

October 24, 2014

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

Eight miles southeast of last night’s camp,

October 24, 1864.

With five brigades of our corps started at 3.30 p.m. to look after Rebels reported. Came through a little hamlet called Blue Pond from a little lake in the neighborhood of a dirty mud color. Plenty of milk and honey.

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