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Diaries – The Civil War Years
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
1865 – Lee Surrenders, Lincoln is assassinated, mustered out of the Army and home again!
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