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“Tremendous fires in Atlanta to-day.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

November 14, 2014

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

November 14, 1864.

Troops are coming in to-day on all the roads. ‘Tis said that we will be ready to move to-morrow. So be it. The cracker line is cut now and we don’t want to lie still eating up our precious rations. I was again over the old position we occupied before Atlanta. I would like to be your guide over that ground some day. Tremendous fires in Atlanta to-day.

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