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Dolly's friend Major Ansley, is wounded in the Battle of Missionary Ridge and he is not getting better.
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Dolly Sumner Lunt Timeline.
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Dolly writes about the raiders in Social Circle.(a near by town) they burned buildings around the Depot there
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Garrard's raid in Covington, GA where he burned a depot, a new hospital center, over 2000 bales of cotton, animals, and burned 2000 bales of cotton.
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Report that the Yankess had left Covington for Macon, it was headed by Stoneman, to relese prisoners that were held there.
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Yankees come to her house. They also have a prisoner with them. They stayed at her house and made her do stuff for them. After they left, they took some of her animals.
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Some people from Major General Joseph Wheeler came to Dolly's house asking if she had seen their army pass.
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November 8th would decide the fate of the Confederacy if Lincoln was reelected.
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Dolly went to Covington to pay a Confederate tax.
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Union soldiers raid confederate homes, steal things from them, sleep in their homes.
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Sherman raids Dolly's plantation. They steal and kill her livestock, take her slaves, wreck her garens and burn her buildings.
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Dolly heard that Savannah had been evacuated. 10,000 confederate soldiers defending it.
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During christmas, Dolly and her slaves were sad. There were not presents for anyone. Dolly was sad because her family wasn't with her. It was sad for everyone.
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Dolly hears that General Lee surrendered to General Grant in Appomattox on April 9th.
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Dolly writes about the month of April 1865 will never be forgotten. five day after General Lee surrendered, President Lincoln was assassinated.
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Dolly had company at her house everyday of the week. The soldiers were finding their way back home after the war ended.
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Dolly writes about God and thanks him for blessing her during the war.