War Diaries (April 4) (nonfiction)
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Diaries
Creed T. Davis: April 4, 1865
Richmond is certainly evacuated and our army is in full retreat—whither no one knows. Sickness, hunger and privation of every kind has completely demoralized the army, or rather the handful of men, left General Lee. Camped last night near Oak Grove Church, Amelia county, one mile from the Danville railroad and two miles above Chester Station. The roads are in a terrible condition, and our horses are completely broken down. It is feared that we wall now lose our wagons.
—Creed T. Davis, Private Second Company Richmond Howitzers (diary)
Charles Robert Bottomley: April 4, 1918
Working around pit and taking things pretty easy. Fritz was shelling 1st, 3rd and 4th batteries in front of the track. Broke my false teeth on hard tacks.
—Private Charles Robert Bottomley (diary)
George Beck: April 4, 1943
Most of the day I spent in bed. This existence is terrible, we’ve begun to accept this life as permanent now for we've been prisoners so long. Roll on, Wrote to Alice but I'm afraid it was a poor letter. No news at all regarding the war.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
George Beck: April 4, 1944
Air raid alarm sounded last night about eleven p.m. whilst we were in bed; we just lay there and wouldn’t get up. No news of any importance regarding war. Today I have had pains in the stomach, to just seems as if I can’t take any decent food, God knows what the reaction will be like when I return to civil life. But roll on. Weather raining.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
Tatsusei Yogi: April 4, 1945
We spent the day waiting for darkness so that we could leave for Shuri. About a hundred people remained in the cave. We heard U. S. tanks moving past the cave in the afternoon. Darkness finally came, and we left the cave. Grandfather had to walk slowly and lagged behind. Both he and Emiko were lost in the darkness.
—Tatsusei Yogi, civilian (diary)
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi
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- George Beck (nonfiction)
- Charles R. Bottomley (nonfiction)
- Creed T. Davis (nonfiction)
- War (nonfiction)
- War Diaries (nonfiction)
- Tatsusei Yogi (nonfiction)
External links
- Diary of Creed T. Davis, Private Second Company Richmond Howitzers (PDF)
- https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/diaries-letters-stories/first-world-war/Bottomley/april1918
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck.htm
- http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/george_beck1.htm
- A Wartime Diary by Tatsusei Yogi, edited by Takashi Yogi