Civil War Highlights
- 1862 – Enlists in October and in battle for the first time
- 1863 – In Kentucky, Mississippi, and home on furlough
- 1864 – Samuel’s Most Intense and Active Year in the Army
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- The “Battle of the Wilderness” in May,
- More fighting in June
- Sick in July and August
- Home on furlough in September
- Back at the front in December
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- 1865 – Lee Surrenders, Lincoln is assassinated, mustered out of the Army and home again!—
