War Diaries (May 19) (nonfiction)

War Diary entries for May 19.

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Isaac Lyman Taylor: May 19, 1863

Clear & pleasant. Skirmish drill in A.M. Div. drill by Gen. Owens in P.M. Ordered to draw fatigue caps so as to look "putty," on parade. The officers of this army appear to think that show is the grand object while fighting is merely incidental. I think we have played boy long enough & if we can't act like men we might as well go home & see "ma."

—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)