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.

June 13, 2013

Reminiscences of the Civil War, William and Adelia Lyon

Colonel Lyons.

Fort Donelson, June 13, 1863—None but light draught boats can go up the river now, and not many of them.

I have had a small bed put in my room for the Paymaster to occupy. I hear of Hinson’s gang, forty strong, three miles from the rolling mill, but having no cavalry, I can not pursue him. He has not molested us yet.

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