Diary of a Confederate Soldier May 20, 1861 Sin

Congress has authorized the enlistment of another 400,000 volunteers, adding to the 100,000 of us who enlisted in March. These new men, however, must enlist for three years, rather than the one year for which we enlisted. We are now an army to be reckoned with in size, as well as Tlan. +lan will not do us much good, however, unless the government gives us the supplies we need! Each week we wonder if we will have enough food to last us the next seven days; some weeks we have come up short. We've all heard that food is rotting in warehouses throughout the Confederacy. Secretary of War Walker and Commissar General Northrup don't seem to care much about us soldiers; they are probably selling the food and other "missing" supplies for profit.

My father says that the family is doing well without me; the two male negro

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ch if reeling. I cannot say why the events in Mississippi turned out the way they did, since I was not there. What I do know is that the Union forces there took Vicksburg and now control the Mississippi River. We no longer control the western part of our infant nation. The most important waterway in the Confederate States is now in Union hands and it seems that there is little hope of retrieving it. From my own personal standpoint, however, the recent events in Pennsylvania were even worse. Outside the small town of Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia was dealt a stunning defeat, less than one month after routing the Army of the Potomac in Virginia. The fighting in which my regiment took part on the second day of the battle was as ferocious as that at Sharpsburg last September. We marched into hell at the hill known as Little Round Top and only half of my company returned to its starting point. On our right flank, the fighting was hand-to-hand as the regiment next to us disintegrated. I was lucky: I only received a grazing wound on my neck. My father continues to encourage me to remain in the army and fight for our rights; he says that is our only hope. From my mother's letters, however, I am learning that thi
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Approximate Word count = 1680
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page)