War Diaries (May 31) (nonfiction)
War Diary quotations for May 31.
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Isaac Lyman Taylor: May 31, 1863
Pleasant day — light clouds Our brigade turned out under arms this morning. Unusual noises heard in Fredericksburg last night. Both Div. & (Dorps oflBcer of the day, unusually drunk. Orders giving to the pickets to not allow the enemy to fish in the river with the seine. Reading Pollok & attending church. Three women at meeting at Lacy house this evening. Blessed relics of civilization!
—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.
Eugene Goodman: May 31, 1864
Today is our ration day. We issued 10 days rations. We also issued our ration of Whiskey. There were two of our men prety tipsy. They drank to mutch. Today it is reported that the reble Forest (Nathan Bedford Forrest) is out here only 10 miles and is (unidentified words) under a flag of truce for to exchange of prisiners. But we have none here. They only want to get some back out of here to get information of our fortification but I guess we are smart enough for them not to let none out.
—Eugene Goodwin was a Union soldier in the American Civil War.