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

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Reminiscences of the Civil War by William and Adelia Lyon.

April 14, 2014

Reminiscences of the Civil War, William and Adelia Lyon

Colonel Lyon’s Letters.

 

Edgefield, Tenn., Thursday, April 14, 1864.—I think that I told you that the right wing of the regiment was over beyond the city doing picket duty. We now picket the whole city, on both sides of the river, and guard all the trains running on the Louisville R. R.

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