SATURDAY 6
Was sent for this morning by Thom
Son
of 26th O.h. United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 26th (1864-1865) who
is very bad off
with the Scurvy. I done all I
could
to alleviate his pains which is but
very little in such a place as
this
It is hard to see stout harty men
cripeled up as they are here.
No sick
was taken out today as was
expected. Another man
was shot
by the guard this mornin instantly killed
[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 19, 2024.