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Chesley Mosman Digs In!

Historic Military Tradecraft • 8m 29s
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Explore what it was like to dig in as a Civil War soldier. A veteran's account from the war is used as a guide to the work. Chesley A. Mosman was in the 59th Illinois and he provides great details on what pickets were doing to entrench outside Chattanooga in 1863.

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