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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... Major Estabrook's raid : Passing through Adamsville : Jack Creek : Johnson's Mills : Guerrillas : Camp at Henderson : Attack of the guerrillas ; Return to Corinth ; Rowett's raid with the Seventh Illinois and Kansns Jayhawkers : Camp at ...
... Major Johnson on the flanks of the army , Stopping all night with an old planter . Lieutenant Flint's poem . Camp at Savannah . Fort Brown . Bonniventure . Wounded men ordered to Pocotaligo . Leaving Savannah . Crossing the Savan- nah ...
... Major . - Nicholas Greusel , of the Aurora Company . Surgeon . - Richard L. Metcalf . Chaplain . - Jesse P. Davis . COMPANY A. Captain . - Edward S. Joslyn . First Lieutenant . - Reuben H. Adams . Second Lieutenant . - James Doudson ...
... Major . - Richard Rowett , late Capt . Co. " K. " Adjutant . - Leroy R. Waller . Quartermaster . - William Brown . Surgeon . - Richard L. Metcalf . First Assistant Surgeon . - James Hamilton . Chaplain . - Jesse P. Davis . COMPANY A ...
... Major Rowett , Colonel Cook being in command of the brigade , and Lieutenant Colonel Babcock absent in Illinois . The spirits of the men run high - they ex- pected every moment to be rushed into battle ; but how sadly were they ...