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18640427-18640428
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[blank] We were expecting orders to [illegible] today, as we could see from the top of Story Mountains a levy column of troop me[illegible] the [illegible] of the [illegible] tomorrow will probably be our day to start. A dream of home The sun had set beneath Virginia's sky The gloom of eve had risen from the east. The stars peaceful forth from out the north on high. Shadowing their lustre air earths many [illegible]. So calm, so silent, not a sound was heard. Save now and there the chirping of a bird. ------------------------------ April 28, Thursday. We were expecting orders to move today as we could see from the top of Stony Mountain a long column of troops moving in the direction of the Rapidan. Tommorrow will probably be our day to start. Note: 3. These movements were Grant’s various Corps of the Army of the Potomac as they prepared to cross the Rapidan River and begin the Overland Campaign of May-June 1864. These can be viewed on Plate 87 in the Atlas of the Official Records. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.

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Henry O. Nightingale diary, 1864
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UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
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Henry O. Nightingale diaries

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