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

Post image for Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

April 5, 2012

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

April 5, 1862. — One of our boys has just returned from Madrid and says he saw our gunboat Cairo there. She slipped by the batteries at “Island No. 10” in the storm last night. Mosquitoes here already.

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