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An Artilleryman's Diary By: Jenkins Lloyd Jones |
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[Illustration: Jenkin Lloyd Jones] Wisconsin History Commission: Original Papers, No. 8 AN ARTILLERYMAN'S DIARY BY JENKIN LLOYD JONES Private Sixth Wisconsin Battery WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION FEBRUARY, 1914 TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED Copyright, 1914 The Wisconsin History Commission (in behalf of the State of Wisconsin) Opinions or errors of fact on the part of the respective authors of the Commission's publications (whether Reprints or Original Narratives) have not been modified or corrected by the Commission. For all statements, of whatever character, the Author alone is responsible. DEMOCRAT PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTER CONTENTS PAGE WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION ix AUTHOR'S PREFACE xi AN ARTILLERYMAN'S DIARY: First impressions 1 Up and down the Mississippi and Yazoo 35 Encircling Vicksburg 48 The siege of Vicksburg 59 A well earned rest 78 At work again 92 En route to Chattanooga 102 With Grant at Chattanooga 132 In winter quarters 148 On to Atlanta 221 Watching Hood 268 Wintering at Nashville 289 Garrisoning Chattanooga 303 Victory 318 Awaiting discharge 338 Homeward bound 358 Home at last 363 INDEX 369 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Portrait of the Author Frontispiece A Group of Comrades 128 A Group of Officers 250 Entry in diary, December 20, 1864. Photographic facsimile 290 Portraits of Author taken in 1862, 1863, 1865 358 Group of Sixth Wisconsin Battery, taken in 1897 364 WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION (Organized under the provisions of Chapter 298, Laws of 1905, as amended by Chapter 378, Laws of 1907, Chapter 445, Laws of 1909, Chapter 628, Laws of 1911, and Chapter 772, Section 64, Laws of 1913) FRANCIS E. McGOVERN Governor of Wisconsin CHARLES E. ESTABROOK Representing Department of Wisconsin, Grand Army of the Republic MILO M. QUAIFE Superintendent of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin CARL RUSSELL FISH Professor of American History in the University of Wisconsin MATTHEW S. DUDGEON Secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission Chairman , Commissioner Estabrook Secretary and Editor , Carl Russell Fish Committee on Publications , Commissioners Dudgeon and Fish AUTHOR'S PREFACE Whatever value this publication may have, lies in the fact that it offers a typical case a small cross section of the army that freed the slave and saved the Union. The Editor of the Commission's publications has asked me to state briefly something about myself. I am one of the multitude of "hyphenated" Americans, born across the water but reared under the flag. I am a Cambro American, proud of both designations, and with abundant heart, loyalty, and perhaps too much head pride in both... Continue reading book >>
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