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“Our boys captured several and killed three. Only made six miles.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

February 2, 2015

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

February 2, 1865.

The advance started at daylight, but we are the rear guard of the corps and will not get off before 4 p.m. We have no idea of our destination, but are now traveling the Augusta road.

The country is very level, but every mile or so there is a little swale or depression of but a few feet, and before a hundred wagons pass over it thorough corduroying is necessary. The foragers had sharp fighting for what they got to-day. We had two captured, Billy Haller and a 40th boy. Our boys captured several and killed three. Only made six miles.

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