SUNDAY 22
Sunday morn finds me well and harty
I
have made up my mind to make the best
of it I can & think with plenty of
caution
I shall be able to weather it through. saw
Pvt Herron from L Lockport (Ill.) and got a goodeal
of news from home.
Yanks still coming
in 1000 came in yesterday & 500 today.
We are now
crowded and will have
to commence the second tier if they put in
many
more
[Eugene R. Sly diary, 1864, United States Civil War]
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- Title
- [Eugene R. Sly diary, 1864, United States Civil War]
- 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 23, 2024.