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Pleasant. Our boys still beliind the breastworks popping away at the rebs. Heavy cannonading most all night. Onr wounded at Champion Hill are paroUed prisoners. A force of rebs eame there and made them prisoners and parolled them
Pleasant. Hurrah for Vick.sburg and the 4th of July! The rebs surrendered Vicksburg to Gen. Grant at 8 o'clock in the morning. We had orders to be ready to mairch at a moments warning. Fire works in the evening. Jim Howard came in the evening. We expected to leave in the evening but did not.
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* https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7868&context=annals-of-iowa
* https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7868&context=annals-of-iowa
=== Charles Broderick: May 30, 1940 ===
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At about 5:30 a.m. found ourselves surrounded by tank, put up a fight but was hopeless, our boys were mown down, eventually it was hopeless. Albert Lynham was lying with me. I had a good shot and realised that we were finished. Went roundjthe field after surrender gave brandy to wounded. Fleming Coy also Bailey Harris killed. Left 30 on ground. Was taken to Church, searched and taken on the way to Germany in lorries. Felt very low. Marched 15 kilos to St. Omer.
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—Regimental Sergeant Major [[Charles Broderick (nonfiction)|Charles Broderick]] (diary)
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a4124648.shtml


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* https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7868&context=annals-of-iowa
* https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7868&context=annals-of-iowa
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a4124648.shtml


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War Diary entries for July 4.

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Levi L. Hoag: July 4, 1863

Pleasant. Hurrah for Vick.sburg and the 4th of July! The rebs surrendered Vicksburg to Gen. Grant at 8 o'clock in the morning. We had orders to be ready to mairch at a moments warning. Fire works in the evening. Jim Howard came in the evening. We expected to leave in the evening but did not.

— Sgt. Levi L. Hoag (diary)

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