Approximately 12,000 Union troops fought in the April 1864 battles of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill in Louisiana. The diary covers the period December 1863 through 1864, discussing the battles and the Red River Campaign that followed. "The purpose of this work is to let the words of Addison describe what was going on in his world and, through annotation of his diary (in boldface) to put his experiences into perspective with what others were...
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