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

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Executions.–Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill.

August 28, 2013

Diary of a Young Officer–Josiah Marshall Favill (57th New York Infantry)

On the 28th two more deserters were shot; both men were bounty jumpers and deserved their fate.

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