TUESDAY 21
A man was shot this evening
by one of the guards for geting
inside of the dead
line11. Three
men have been shot in the last
three days by the infernal
rebs
They are perfect heathens, and
show us no more respect than
they would a
dumb brute. Fathers
hog pen is a paradise to this place
[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.
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Def. WRUD Dead line (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot.