[Eugene R. Sly diary, 1864, United States Civil War]

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Author

Sly, Eugene R., 1841-1922

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Sly, Eugene R., 1841-1922--Diaries; Andersonville Prison; Danville Prison; Florence Prison (S.C.); Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; Prisoners of war--Georgia--Diaries; Prisoners of war--South Carolina--Diaries; Prisoners of war--Virginia--Diaries; Prisoners of war--United States--Diaries; Soldiers--Illinois--Diaries; United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 100th (1862-1865). Company C; United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons

Prisoners of war--Union--Georgia--Andersonville--1860-1870; Prisoners of war--Union--South Carolina--Florence--1860-1870; Prisoners of war--Union--Virginia--Danville--1860-1870

Union soldier; Union Army; prison escapes; American Civil War; War between the States; War of Secession; War of the Rebellion; 100th Illinois

Georgia; South Carolina; Virginia; United States

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"[Eugene R. Sly diary, 1864, United States Civil War]." In the digital collection Civil War Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/USCW004.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.

Pages

MONDAY 8

TUESDAY 9
Commenced buisness this morn
with Phelix. The way we have to
work and contrive to keep a little
money on hand to buy vegetabl with
might well be compared with a
drowning man caching at ~~flys~~ [illegible]
to save his life. We had the heaviest
rain this P.M. I ever saw in Georgia
it washed the stockade down in three
different places, the rebs got around
double quick21

Notes

21

Def. LOTCW double-quick: A soldier's fast advance at from 165 to 180 steps a minute.

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