Willoughby Whidden Diary from the Civil War

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18^th opened fire at 10 oclk sharpshooting in our front the 4^th left in reserve and went 3 miles to the left and returned after knight 19^th all apparently quiet in morning some can after noon 20^th some canonading 21^st heavy cannon duel in the morning otherwise all quiet 22 all as usual quiet 23 quiet in front of

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Bates Div cannonading on the right and left 24 1^st & 3 !st & 4 on picket times usually quiet also 25^th 26 some cannonading all day supposition of the yanks retreating 27 verry little firing the yanks moved from our front 28 Browns Div charge to the left 11/2 miles from Reoff & ready there made works 29 moved to the left ... Fla

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Brigade went to stop a rading party made works 30 moved at sundown & arrived at Jonesboro on the 31^st and found line of battle at 2 oclk  We moved forward and struck the breastworks & was taken prisoner after laying under heavy fire for two hours

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Sept the 1^st

lying in the rear garded by mr yank the 2^nd news by the yanks that Atlanta was in hand of them we were moved two miles south of Jonesboro 3 come back to Jonesboro & camped 4^th marching for Atlanta at 4 oclk and was put in the barack 5^th remained in the barracks

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Sept 6th still in barracks 7 & 8 9^th drawing half rations S the 10^th  D llth still in Atlanta M 12^th  T 13.. W 14 T 15^th  F 16^th S 17^th D 18^th M 19^th taken the cars from Atlanta to Reoff & Ready and was exchanged an marched one mile and a half an camped the 20^th marched to Jonesboro left there in the evening on rout for the command 21 marched on for

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Sept

The command camped in a house 22 got to camp 23^rd remain in camp all quiet 24 25 & 26, 27, 28 orders to move on the 29 Davis visiting the 24^th moved at 7oclk the 29 crossed the Chattahoochee an camped marched at 7 oclk the 30 12 miles and camped Jas A Whidden belongs to the 9 Fla regt Co B

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Oct the 1^st

1^st marched till 3 oclk and camped the 2^nd marched till 9 oclk at knight an camped 3 marched12 miles camped.  Canonading in direction of Marietta 4^th made works 5^th still making abut.. and improving works the 6^th left our works on the march camped about 4oclk after marching 7 miles of verry muddy road 7 move on 14 miles and

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and camped 8^th camped 1 mile of Sedar Town 9 marched 11 miles an camped 10^th crossed the Coosy river and camped 11 traveled all day 12 marched all day and camped at Sugar Valley 13 ocupying our old works at Dalton and tairing the railroad left and marched for Layfayet on the 14^th \15 got to Layfayet 16

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left Layfaett 17 moved on an camped at Alpine 18^th moved 14 miles an camped 19 marched 13 miles 20 camped at Gadsden 21 remained at Gadsden 22 marched also 23 and 24 & 25 marched across San Mountain & camped 26 moved on for Decatur 27 throwing a few shell in Decatur and scrimishing also 28, 29 left Decatur 30 marched