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 29, 2014

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

Camp in piney woods, five miles South of Cedar Bluffs,

October 29, 1864.

Such a march over pine ridges and through swamps; Egyptian darkness would take a back seat in comparison with this night. It just happened to strike the men as funny, and they kept up a roar of cheering the whole distance.

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