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

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Diary of Rutherford B. Hayes.

November 27, 2011

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Fayetteville (Camp Union), Virginia, November 27. Wednesday.— We left all baggage on the morning of the 13th early, except what the men could carry, and started down to Gauley to pursue Floyd or rather to attack him. My memo[randa] are as follows: —

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Each of the individual “memos” appeared after the entry for November 27.  In this presentation, though, since they are dated, they are provided on those dates, with links here to those posts.

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