War Diaries (June 11) (nonfiction)
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Diaries
William R. Townsend: June 11, 1863
Had Brigade drill today in the morning Co drill this afternoon rained in the middle of the day wrote to Sister Mollie also to Sarah No 11 Also had Montgomery write a lawyer at Springfield about my recruiting money ... if I can get it it will be a good thing about two hundred dollars
—Captain William R. Townsend, 42nd Illinois Infantry (diary)
Isaac Lyman Taylor: June 11, 1863
Relieved at 9 A.M. Warm day. Co. L. of our Regt. went across the river yesterday to pay their respects to the Rebel sharp-shooters who annoy Sedgwick's pickets. Two of them were wounded but they succeeded in "drying up" the picket firing except between the sharp-shooters
—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.
The story of Kilpatrick's cavalry is related in James Moore, Kilpatrick and Our Cavalry (New York, 1865).
Tatsusei Yogi: June 11, 1945
Tatsusei Yogi was a Japanese civilian in Okinawa.
We tried to find a better shelter but failed and returned to our original place.