Here's the quote and the citation. I would prefer that you not publish for profit without contacting me directly since we have not yet published the regimental history and are considering adding the index to the 7th Mississippi website. Please email me directly so that we can stay in touch. See my profile on the Mississippi in the Civil War Message Board.

"July 9th
Misurable Day on The Chattahoochee
'The 9th was a misurable day one of the worst the 7th Miss experienced on Picket. Their Sharpshooters the Enemy kept one continuous fire the entire time they also had Sharp Shooters in rear of their line of Pickets in frount of us with long ranged Globe Sited guns that played havoc with us of[f]times they were in boughs of trees and too far for our guns to reach them When we could locate them we often located them by the puff of smoke from their guns. The Enemies cannon would shoot at our little ditches and cover us up in them with'

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“dirt their cannons being on elevated points. We suffered from the hot broiling Sun also. I can not describe how terable this day was spent.'” (WJB, pp. 46-47)

Index to the William T.J. Bass Autobiography (WJB), Transcribed and edited by Ronald J. Skellie, 2007 for inclusion in the regimental history: Lest We Forget-The Immortal Seventh Mississippi.

973.782 Bass, W.J
B317s “A Short Sketch of My Life While in the Confederate Army From Aug 28th AD 1861 To May 14th 1865”, 65 hand-numbered pages.[manuscript] Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, provided by George Purvis, 7th Regt. Miss. Inf. Researcher for inclusion in the regimental history.

Fred,
Here's the quote and the citation. I would prefer that you not publish for profit without contacting me directly since we have not yet published the regimental history and are considering adding the index to the 7th Mississippi website.
http://www.geocities.com/poboy1961/
"July 9th
Misurable Day on The Chattahoochee
'The 9th was a misurable day one of the worst the 7th Miss experienced on Picket. Their Sharpshooters the Enemy kept one continuous fire the entire time they also had Sharp Shooters in rear of their line of Pickets in frount of us with long ranged Globe Sited guns that played havoc with us of[f]times they were in boughs of trees and too far for our guns to reach them When we could locate them we often located them by the puff of smoke from their guns. The Enemies cannon would shoot at our little ditches and cover us up in them with'
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“dirt their cannons being on elevated points. We suffered from the hot broiling Sun also. I can not describe how terable this day was spent.'” (WJB, pp. 46-47)
Index to the William T.J. Bass Autobiography (WJB), Transcribed and edited by Ronald J. Skellie, 2007 for inclusion in the regimental history: Lest We Forget-The Immortal Seventh Mississippi.
973.782 Bass, W.J
B317s “A Short Sketch of My Life While in the Confederate Army From Aug 28th AD 1861 To May 14th 1865”, 65 hand-numbered pages.[manuscript] Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, provided by George Purvis, 7th Regt. Miss. Inf. Researcher for inclusion in the regimental history.
To donate new information about the 7th Regt. Miss. Inf. including family records and photos, please contact me or Jamie Roberts at the memorial website.
http://www.geocities.com/poboy1961/
Ron Skellie
2285 Brandon Ct. NE
Marietta, GA 30066
"Lest We Forget-The Immortal Seventh Mississippi"