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

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“That charge was the maddest folly of the campaign.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

October 10, 2014

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills, (8th Illinois Infantry)

Near Kenesaw Mountain, October 10, 1864.

Was on the ground we charged on the 27th of June, and also on top of Kenesaw to-day. Very fine view, but nothing like equal to that from Lookout. The signal station here communicates direct with Atlanta, Allatoona and Roswell.

I picked up some black oak acorns to-day from a tree that shades the graves of 12 or 15 of our soldiers, mostly from our regiment, who fell on the 27th. They were buried where they fell. That charge was the maddest folly of the campaign.

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