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Charles Fairbanks wrote his memoirs at the turn of the 19th century, 34 years after the end of the Civil War, or as he called it, "The War of Rebellion".
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Exerpts
from "Notes
of Army and Prison Life 1862-1865" |
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"I was born on the 22nd of June, 1846, at Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, where I resided with my father, attending school winters and working on the farm summers. During the early spring of 1861, when my brothers Luke and John happened to be at home, the "prospects of a war with the South" was the theme most discussed by the town's people. I will remember the patriotic utterances of my brothers Luke and John, and when Fort Sumpter was fired upon by the rebels, both enlisted." |
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"It
was about Sept. 18, when we arrived in Washington. The battle
of Antietum was fought the 17th, and our regiment, the 2nd U.S.
sharpshooters,
were in the battle. This aroused our patriotism and made us impatient
to reach the scene of action. We were forwarded at once to Harper's
Ferry, VA., after remaining in Washington twenty-four hours,
which gave us time to look the public buildings over. The dome
of the
capitol was not then finished, and there were no pavements in
the main streets of the city. Hogs were rooting the loose soil
on Pennsylvania
Avenue and on Capitol Hill, where now you see the best pavements
in the world." |
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"The night of July 2, 1863, will always
remain fresh in my memory, from the fact that it was the first night
of my captivity, and we had not had a particle of anything to eat
since the afternoon of the 1st. There were several hundred prisoners
gathered around by 9 p.m., and as we were not allowed to have any
fires, the darkness, together with the groans of the wounded rebels,
made the night more dreadful than any I had ever experienced." |
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