The Civil War Diary Of Cyrus F. Boyd, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, 1861-1863 [Illustrated Edition] by Boyd Lieut. Cyrus F.;

Author:Boyd, Lieut. Cyrus F.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Golden Springs Publishing
Published: 2016-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

Dec 28th Sunday: Had Inspection at 10 AM. Gray and Dan Embree went out and found a fat hog and a few turnips and we shall live while we live…

On the march toward Memphis

Lafayette sta Tennessee

Dec 30th Have traveled 18 miles today in the direction of Memphis. It rained some this forenoon and the roads are bad. We are camped tonight close to a branch of Wolf River and have plenty of good dry rails to burn.

Dec 31st. We were rear guard today and had a hard time. Came 18 miles and carried our Knapsacks and all our traps. Tonight we are camped close to Lafayette a station on the M & C R R{98}. When we stacked arms tonight some went for Water and some went for wood and some went for hog. In a little while the timber around camp was laden with skinned hogs, cattle &c.

Last night was cold and frosty and this morning the ground was frozen. Our gun barrels felt very cold to our bare hands. This winds up 1862 with its joys and a multitude of sorrows. We are now in the dense dark wilderness of uncertainty and the silver lining of the dark cloud of war is not visible How long shall this struggle last no one seems to know but. He who knowest all things.

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