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

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Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

October 15, 2014

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

Resaca, October 15, 1864, 10 a.m.

We are waiting here for rations. The 4th and 14th Corps are ahead, and for the last half hour we have heard very heavy skirmishing toward “Snake Creek Gap,” just about where we heard the first fighting of the campaign, a little over five months ago. There is enough to interest me in the prospect for the next three days. Snake Creek Gap, 10 p.m. We have the whole gap.

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