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

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War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld.

August 25, 2014

War diary and letters of Stephen Minot Weld

Thursday, August 25. — We had the room used by the conscripts downstairs assigned to us field officers to-clay. We scrubbed it up with sand and brick, and moved down. It is on the corner and is much cooler and pleasanter than our old quarters, and we have much more liberty allowed us. Lieutenant Preston of the navy received permission to give his parole for 30 days and endeavor to get exchanged for Lieutenant Glascelle.

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