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Title: An Artilleryman's Diary

Author: Jenkin Lloyd Jones

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AN ARTILLERYMAN'S DIARY

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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.

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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 1