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

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Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.

July 21, 2012

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes,The American Civil War

July 21. Monday. — We are target firing now. The Enfields are a little better sighted than the muskets; the muskets have most power and the longest range. Company C does rather the best shooting, Companies E and A coming next.

A zouave at the Flat Top camp found tied to a tree with five bullet holes through him! Naked too! An enemy’s cavalry patrol seen two miles outside of our pickets. Secesh, ten or twelve in number.

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