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—[[Isaac Lyman Taylor (nonfiction)|Isaac Lyman Taylor]], Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
—[[Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction)|Isaac Lyman Taylor]], Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry


Taylor kept a diary of his experiences while serving with Company E of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.  
Taylor kept a diary of his experiences while serving with Company E of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.  
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Isaac L. Taylor (nonfiction)]]
* [[Elisabeth Jacoba van Van Lohuizen-van Wielink (nonfiction)]]
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* [[War (nonfiction)]]
* [[War Diaries (nonfiction)]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/25/v25i04p342-361.pdf (PDF)
* [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/arts/dutch-war-diaries.html Dutch War Diaries] @ NY Times
* [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/arts/dutch-war-diaries.html Dutch War Diaries] @ NY Times


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Revision as of 13:17, 11 May 2020

War Diary entries for May 14.

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Diaries

Isaac Lyman Taylor: May 14, 1863

This evening Sergts. Wm. L. Wakefield & P. H. Taylor are arrested & taken to the guard house for burning lights after "taps." Doble, Fowler & myself crawl out the back side of the tent & escape. We do not like the idea of being arrested for such light offenses, 100 Pdr. Parrott gun came in on the cars this morning. It is 13 feet long & 6 1/2 inch bore

Isaac Lyman Taylor, Company E, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

Taylor kept a diary of his experiences while serving with Company E of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Elisabeth Jacoba van Van Lohuizen-van Wielink: May 14, 1940

At 7 o’clock, suddenly an extra message on the radio, a moment I’ll never forget. The commander in chief had decided to cease all hostilities. Rotterdam was as good as destroyed by the bombardments; if they didn’t cease fighting, The Hague, Amsterdam, and Utrecht would meet the same fate. I was so overwhelmed, I wept.

We weren’t free anymore, and this, if we understood correctly, as a result of betrayal by our own people. We couldn’t believe it, yet it was true. Everyone was glad no more people would be killed, but still. To become part of Germany, how awful! What will the future bring? Poverty for our country. A heavy ordeal for everyone and an uncertain future.

Elisabeth Jacoba van Van Lohuizen-van Wielink was a Dutch citizen who began keeping a diary immediately after the German invasion during the Second World War. She and ultimately wrote 941 pages. Her husband was a pharmacist and optician who owned a grocery store in Epe, near Apeldoorn.

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