Wednesday, January 21, 2015

January 22, 1865---“The rain poured down all day . . ."



JANUARY 22, 1865:                    

Robert Cruikshank U.S.A., a soldier at the headquarters of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th A. C., stationed in Savannah, Georgia, writes a letter home to his wife Mary. Its brevity is no doubt reflective of his mood, as his force has expected to be marching through South Carolina but has been bogged down by storms and mud: 

“The rain poured down all day and all looked gloomy enough.”