War Diaries (September 17) (nonfiction)
War Diary quotations for September 17
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Robert Kellogg: September 17, 1862
This has been indeed a fearful day, and it is by God's kindnes alone that I am here to write this We woke up early in the morning I went out and read The Bible and a prayer. In a few minutes the enemy began to throw shells at us from a battery which they had planted near us, killing several of the 8th C.V. We were then moved to the right into a cornfield, but we had hardly got there when the order was countermanded, and we were marched to the left, about 1/4 of a mile, directly under a rapid fire of shells from the rebels, into the forest. The shells burst all around and in us. Our Chaplain had his coat pocket torn by a fragment of shell …
- Diary of Robert Kellogg - 14th Connetecut Volunteer Infantry
Margaret Kelly: September 17, 1914
Formally started the rifle club. I was asked to shoot first & before doing so made a speech, beseeching those over 18 to volunteer.
- Diary of Margaret Kelly - Margaret Kelly was born in 1879, in Ottery St Mary, Devon. She was the eldest daughter of Rev. Maitland Kelly and Agnes Leigh Clare Kelly, after her Stepmother’s untimely death in 1891, Margaret became matriarch of the Kelly Family, responsible for the running of the household.
