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

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Reminiscences of the Civil War by William and Adelia Lyon.

April 10, 2013

Reminiscences of the Civil War, William and Adelia Lyon

Mrs. Lyon’s Diary.

Fort Donelson, April 10, 1863.—Five gunboats went by this morning. Woodward’s force fired into two boats with artillery and sank them. They were laden with sutler’s stores. A detachment of the 13th went up the river.

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