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

Post image for Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.

Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.

January 1, 2014

Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.

January 1, 1864 — We finished our horse stable today. Snowed all afternoon, and is still snowing at nine o’clock this evening, as I am writing this by the dancing light of a pine knot in a little hut in the snowy woods of Albermarle.

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