War Diaries (June 9) (nonfiction)
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Isaac Lyman Taylor: June 9, 1863
Two or three wagon loads of contrabands of all ages arrive at the depot this morning. They are a portion of those captured by [Hugh J.] Kilpatrick's cavalry on their return from Gloucester.
—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 9, 1945
We were surprised when the police chief told us that troops had landed at Itoman. He told us that the shack was in danger, so we left for Kiyan. We slept under the shelter of a rock to avoid the rain. The only food we had was sugar cane; the sugar we had was gone.
—Tatsusei Yogi was a Japanese civilian in Okinawa.
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External links
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi