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

“We have been here just four weeks, and have marched 16 days, and over 200 miles, in the time.”—Reminiscences of the Civil War by William and Adelia Lyon.

November 15, 2011

Reminiscences of the Civil War, William and Adelia Lyon,The American Civil War

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Letter from Captain Lyon to Mrs. Lyon.

“Pilot Knob, Nov. 15,1861.—We have just returned from our expedition, making a march of 135 miles in 11 days. We went south to Greenville, the county seat of Wayne county; and then 25 miles farther southeast to the St. James river, only 25 miles from the Arkansas line. We have been here just four weeks, and have marched 16 days, and over 200 miles, in the time.

“I assure you that I have an abiding faith that I shall return to you well and sound, our lives made all the happier by the consciousness that I have discharged my duty to my country in the hour of her peril.”

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