Monday, May 30. — We moved to the front about noon. We then went into position in the right of the Fifth Corps. Threw up rifle-pits and remained there during the night. Quite heavy skirmishing in our front. Day pleasant.
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Civil War Diary kept by W. R. Clack, Co. B, 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers.
Shared on Rhea County Tennessee TNGenWeb. Published by Edna Clack Sachs in “Clack And Kindred Souls, As The Crow Flies.”
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