"We have slept in wet blankets which were frozen in the morning and I am still perfectly well, and..." 11

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“We have slept in wet blankets which were frozen in the morning and I am still perfectly well, and not even cold.”

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Benjamin Harrison to his wife, Caroline, March 2nd, 1864.

Harrison MSS, Vol. 5.

Beginning February 24th, 1864, Col. Harrison marched with the Army of the Cumberland to the northern border of Georgia, where William Tecumseh Sherman was amassing forces to oppose Johnston’s forces at Dalton. The troops made good time in good spirit despite the cold.

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