War Diaries (May 22) (nonfiction)

War Diary entries for May 22.

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Diaries

Isaac Lyman Taylor: May 22, 1863

Clear & warm. Co. & battalion drill as usual. Henry & I make a geological exploration & find fine examples of clayey "concretions" in sandstone. Yesterday while on "fatigue" I explored about 1/4 of a mile of upturned strata containing "joints," numerous "veins of segregation" &c. Doble is ordered to black his shoes before going out to bury dead mules. Fatigue parties are strictly forbidden to wear "white hats" on such solemn oc[c]asions. I suppose that our Col. in issuing this order is actuated by respect for the dead & we receive it as evidence of a genuine regard for his fellows.

—Isaac Lyman Taylor, Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

Taylor kept a diary of his experiences while serving with Company E of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

• http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/25/v25i04p342-361.pdf (PDF)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction)
• War (nonfiction)
• War Diaries (nonfiction)

External links

• http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/25/v25i04p342-361.pdf (PDF)