tailieunhanh - An Artilleryman's Diary

Whatever value this publication may have, lies in the fact that it offers a typical case--a small cross section of the army that freed the slave and saved the Union. The Editor of the Commission's publications has asked me to state briefly something about myself. I am one of the multitude of "hyphenated" Americans, born across the water but reared under the flag. I am a Cambro-American, proud of both designations, and with abundant heart, loyalty, and perhaps too much head pride in both. Introduced to this world in Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales, November 14, 1843, I celebrated my first anniversary by landing at Castle Garden, in. | An Artilleryman s Diary by Jenkin Lloyd Jones 1 ------------ AN ARTILLERYMAN s DIARY JENKINS LLOYD JONES An Artilleryman s Diary by Jenkin Lloyd Jones The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Artilleryman s Diary by Jenkin Lloyd Jones This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title An Artilleryman s Diary Author Jenkin Lloyd Jones Release Date July 21 2010 EBook 33211 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY Produced by David Edwards Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY Illustration Jenkin Lloyd Jones 2 An Artilleryman s Diary by Jenkin Lloyd Jones Wisconsin History Commission Original Papers No. 8 AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY BY JENKIN LLOYD JONES Private Sixth Wisconsin Battery WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION FEBRUARY 1914 TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED Copyright 1914 The Wisconsin History Commission in behalf of the State of Wisconsin Opinions or errors of fact on the part of the respective authors of the Commission s publications whether Reprints or Original Narratives have not been modified or corrected by the Commission. For all statements of whatever character the Author alone is responsible. DEMOCRAT PRINTING CO. STATE PRINTER CONTENTS PAGE WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION ix AUTHOR S PREFACE xi AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY First impressions 1 Up and down the Mississippi and Yazoo 35 Encircling Vicksburg 48 The siege of Vicksburg 59 A well-earned rest 78 At work again 92 En route to Chattanooga 102 With Grant at Chattanooga 132 In winter quarters 148 On to Atlanta 221 Watching Hood 268 Wintering at Nashville 289 Garrisoning Chattanooga 303 Victory 318