1862: The boys make good use of the warm winter weather …
Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby (continued):
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We refer again to this tent shot from the camp of 71st NY regiment; of course, these boys have yet to stockade their domicile…- Here is Charles Reed’s illustration of a stockaded Sibley tent, from Billings’ Hardtack and Coffee (1887):
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