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1864] A VOTE FOR LINCOLN
Etowah Bridge, Sunday, Nov. 6. Cold, disagreeable and rainy. Ordered to prepare for inspection, but were visited by the paymaster before it came off, a welcome visitor too. Paid us for July and August. Tickets were circulated this after¬ noon for the election next Tuesday, none for Iowa County. I wrote off such, and Avrote a letter to John.
Etowah Bridge, Monday, Nov. 7. A fine day. Health good. Received letter from home. On duty in the afternoon. No news. Trains passing in great numbers, taking stores to the front. Artillery and wagons, etc. to the rear. Walked to town in the evening. Met Mother Bickerdyke on the hospital train going North after supplies. Shook hands with her and had a motherly chat. Noble soul. Thy memory Arill remain bright when that of traitors and rebels lies mouldering in oblivion. Thy smiling face is a cordial to the lonely soldier, better to the aching heart than money or medicine.
Etowah Bridge, Tuesday, Nov. 8. To-day is the day granted Americans to exercise their highest rights as members of a re¬ publican government, the right of suffrage, each man having a voice in the choice of his ruler. And thanks to the just laws of Wisconsin, this right is not withheld from us while far away from home battUng for the right. And the issue is understood in all its momentous importance. Shall this Union be pre¬ served, the war prosecuted to a successful end, with honest Abraham at our head, or shall we resign our object after such a sacrifice already offered to the faction that seek to place Mc- CleUan in office. After duly qualifying the judges, Lieuten- 3uts Simpson and Jenawein and 1st Sergeant Sweet, and clerks ^- Dalrymple and Q. M. Sergeant Sweet, the polls were opened at 9 A. M. and voting was soon over with. I east my first bal- '^t, a straight through Union ticket. I am seven days too young, but I voted with a clear conscience, thinking I had earned my right. 2 P. M. the polls were closed and votes
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Object Description
| Title | An Artilleryman's Diary |
| Source Title | Jenkin Lloyd Jones' An Artilleryman's Diary |
| Regiment | 6th Light Artillery |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Jones, Jenkin Lloyd, 1843-1918 |
| Description | Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1843-1918) was born in Wales but grew up in Ixonia, Jefferson County. As soon as he turned 18 he enlisted as a private in the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery. This 400-page book consists of his diary entries throughout the war. Jones describes the reality of daily life for soldiers in the field in detail and with good humor. He also recounts the Battle of Corinth, the sieges of Vicksburg and Chattanooga, and the battles at Champion Hill, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. After the war, Jones was ordained and served as pastor of the Unitarian Church in Janesville and of All Souls Church in Chicago. A militant pacifist and social reformer, he believed in ethical rather than theological unanimity while promoting the ideal of universal religion. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Madison |
| Source Creation Date | 1894 |
| Source Publisher | Wisconsin History Commission |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN017010000 |
| Type | Text; Image |
Description
| Title | 267 |
| Source Title | Jenkin Lloyd Jones' An Artilleryman's Diary |
| Regiment | 6th Light Artillery; |
| Volume | 1 |
| Event Date | 1864-11-08 |
| Year | 1864 |
| Month | November |
| Day | 8 |
| State | GA |
| Place | Etowah |
| Topic | elections |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | 1864] A VOTE FOR LINCOLN Etowah Bridge, Sunday, Nov. 6. Cold, disagreeable and rainy. Ordered to prepare for inspection, but were visited by the paymaster before it came off, a welcome visitor too. Paid us for July and August. Tickets were circulated this after¬ noon for the election next Tuesday, none for Iowa County. I wrote off such, and Avrote a letter to John. Etowah Bridge, Monday, Nov. 7. A fine day. Health good. Received letter from home. On duty in the afternoon. No news. Trains passing in great numbers, taking stores to the front. Artillery and wagons, etc. to the rear. Walked to town in the evening. Met Mother Bickerdyke on the hospital train going North after supplies. Shook hands with her and had a motherly chat. Noble soul. Thy memory Arill remain bright when that of traitors and rebels lies mouldering in oblivion. Thy smiling face is a cordial to the lonely soldier, better to the aching heart than money or medicine. Etowah Bridge, Tuesday, Nov. 8. To-day is the day granted Americans to exercise their highest rights as members of a re¬ publican government, the right of suffrage, each man having a voice in the choice of his ruler. And thanks to the just laws of Wisconsin, this right is not withheld from us while far away from home battUng for the right. And the issue is understood in all its momentous importance. Shall this Union be pre¬ served, the war prosecuted to a successful end, with honest Abraham at our head, or shall we resign our object after such a sacrifice already offered to the faction that seek to place Mc- CleUan in office. After duly qualifying the judges, Lieuten- 3uts Simpson and Jenawein and 1st Sergeant Sweet, and clerks ^- Dalrymple and Q. M. Sergeant Sweet, the polls were opened at 9 A. M. and voting was soon over with. I east my first bal- '^t, a straight through Union ticket. I am seven days too young, but I voted with a clear conscience, thinking I had earned my right. 2 P. M. the polls were closed and votes [ 267 ] |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN017010284 |
| Type | Text |