From Shiloh to Savannah: The Seventh Illinois Infantry in the Civil WarNorthern Illinois University Press, 1868 - 258 Seiten From the first Union victories in the west at Forts Henry and Donelson to the savage battle of Shiloh and onward to the March to the Sea, the Seventh Illinois Infantry fought with distinction across the Confederacy. Ambrose's vivid eyewitness account traces the first Illinois volunteer regiment from its muster in 1861 to the final days of the war. An introduction and explanatory notes by Civil War historian Daniel E. Sutherland reveal the importance of this western unit's contributions. |
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... died -- the first death in the regiment . The first soldier in the first regiment to offer his life for the flag and freedom . On the second of June , private Dunsmore , of the same company , falls into a soldier's grave . May the loyal ...
... died of typhoid fever ; another victim given at liberty's shrine . September 27th . - Lieutenant Vrooman is buried to - day , with military honors . Colonel Boyle , with the Eleventh Missouri , turned out and joined in do- ing honor to ...
... died to - day . Thus , one by one the Union's defenders are passing away . Peace to their ashes . October 25th . - The axes are now being swung in the Kentucky woods . The work on the houses goes on briskly . We remain at Fort Holt ...
... sentinel who is pacing quietly over his lonely path . Though the heroes seem to sleep soundly , they may be dreaming of the clash of men , and the clang of steel , of the groans of the dying and SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY . 21.
... dying and the shouts of the victors . The Seventh boys are now all still . How nobly they all look as their eyes are closed , with the shadow of the pale moon playing upon their faces . We are wont to feel sad when we look around here ...