Once Upon a House

July 20, 1864

Mr. Moseley's company fought at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, entering with seventeen men and coming out with nine.

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  • “Louis, and thence went to Murphreesboro, Tenn., and later were sent to the front to join Sherman's army, and were with General Sherman in his famous march to the sea. At the battle of Peach Tree Creek on July 20, 1864, Mr. Moseley 's company entered the engagement with seventeen men, and after a half day of handto-hand fighting came out with nine men.”

    1908-brown-rock-county/34c-biographical-3.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 483 / book p. 970

    Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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