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THE CONFEDERATE TRENCH
Life behind the Confederate lines was a far cry from the comfort experienced by the Union soldier whose duties were light with plenty of relief time for reading hometown newspapers, mail and pilfered books. Food was plentiful, though sometimes monotonous. Even so, there was a war going on and one Yankee soldier wrote, "Everywhere I went I was met with the familiar zip, zip of rebel bullets flying promiscuously through the air."

Cannon ball lodged in the trunk of a tree

 

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Hospital Room
Last update: Sunday, February 27, 2005
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Editor: R.C. Smith

 

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Vicksburg, MS 39183
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