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Archie Koritz, Field ~orker
Federal Writers‘ Project
i.oke Co~t~y ~ 1)i~trict #1
Grily, Indicn~


say, tI‘r~i Union Soldier. ~Jhat yoh eli dom‘ heah?‘ I say, t~îe goin‘ to must in de ahiny.‘ Tie say, tDat‘S Line‘ ~n~I he say, tcome ~ long‘

~ ~ ‘git right on white monts side‘~ we ~o to st~ition. Den he say, ~You go right down to de stntion ~nd L~ive ~joh inforhmatlon. ~Je keep on walkin‘ ~ 1)~ ~e co::e Lo o ~:~hite house t sto~e steps in front w ~ ~O in. An‘ ‘ye got to ‘nlistln‘ ~lace ~nd jine up ~it de ahmy.

	~tDen we go troinin‘ in d‘ camp and vre move on. Come to a ~itt1e to1~in ..... ~ little town. Je come to Bollln~ Groen.. den to Loui~il1e. ~e ~ to a rivah . . . . • ~ rivah (pain.fully rec~ fling) d‘ i.I~3S1SS1~)~1.

	~‘~iC ‘~ie~I1 ‘nThntr~r ~nd petty soon we gits in ~1enty f~~hts, but not ~ scratch hit trie. We chase dem cavalr:r. ~ run de:.1 i:ll nicht cr~d next :iohnin‘ d‘ ac~ptain he s~r, ‘Dey done broke down.‘ .hen we rest, he sa~j ‘See dey don‘ trick you.‘ I ~ 17e ~1ot all cl‘ ~-m~ men togedder. We hold dem back ‘tu help co~e.‘

	~‘~Je don‘ have no tents. Sleep on naked groun‘ ~ web ~:nd cold

~nd rain. Lbst d‘ time we‘s hungry but WC ~in d‘ w~r ~nd 1:~ist~h

‚~ ~banks tell us we no mo~h hisn property, wets free now.‘

~	The old man crin talk only in short sentence3 ~nd his voice dies

~	to a vîhisper and soon the strain became evident. Le vws tired. Yihet ~ he does remember is with surprising cleorness especially srrmll detcils,

~	but vrith a helpless gesture, he dismisses naines ~nd 1oc~tions. YIe ~ remembers the exact dote O~ his disc1~iarge, iiarch 20, 1866, vïhich his

d~ug1~ter verified by producing his disc1~irge p oers • L~e rerierrhers

~	the place, Vicksburg, the Cor~i~ny i~, ~nd the RegrnLent, 180th.

~	Droping bac1~ once riore to his ch-dd~ood he sPo ~e of or incident ~mich

~	hi~ daughter SCYS makes them all cry when he relates it, although they

~	have heard it many times.