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Ohioan in Sherman’s Force Plays Near Atlanta

Salience Peripheral
Tags Civil War, Military
Location GA
City/State/Country: Decatur, GA, United States
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
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“Tuesday [September] 27 [1864] pleasant weather, I was detailed for Camp guard the A.M. we had a game of ball this afternoon, I stood two tricks of guard only.”

Civil War Diary of Samuel Whitehead, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center MS collection, Ac #4248. Accessed 6/21 on Google Web search with “’samuel whitehead’ diary” search. The diary covers about May through November 1864. In September the 100th OH was at Decatur, GA, about 5 miles east of Atlanta. He was mortally wounded in November.

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