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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... Division ; Second Division fighting the whole rebel army ; Ordered into camp for the night near the college ; Movements during the night ; Second day . Position in the morning ; Early firing from a rebel battery ; Regiment's position ...
... division , camp and garrison equippage : Encountering Roddy and Johnson . Camp at Waterloo . Camp at Hamburg Landing . Companies sent to Corinth . Returning to Pulaski , Tenn . Fray at Waynesboro with the Fifth Tennessee Union Cavalry ...
... Division , already marched on before us . Upon our arrival there , we find that he has left with his command , moving in the direction of Columbus . We hasten on , and join him in the evening after he has gone into camp . Everything ...
... divisions , we retreated from our critical position , and were compelled to fall back across an open field . It was a trying time . The harsh , fierce barking of the dogs of war made the earth tremble , as if in the midst of a ...
... Division Camp - Camp on Purdy road - Camp in Jack - oak Thicket - Battle of Iuka - The Iowa boys our brothers -- Ordered to our old camp near Mobile and Ohio Rail- road - The Second Division concentrating - Rumors of Price's advance ...