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

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Rutherford B. Hayes.

November 22, 2014

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Tuesday, 22. — Snow on the mountains low down; ground frozen; “sky, chill and drear.” Rode with Roberts to Winchester and the battle-field, to where I crossed Red Bud Creek. An ugly place to cross, it is.

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