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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... remarks that there is mud here , and so say we , and the most terrible mud . As the sol- diers move through the camp this evening , their cry is : " No bottom ! " Wednesday , 5th . - This morning a fog hangs over the surrounding hills ...
... remark- able indifference . Up to this time the battery and the force on our left have been making the woods ring with their terrible thunder , but they are silent now ; their cannons are still ; their musketry is hushed . What means it ...
... remarks we con- clude that after all the Seventh have not become hardened to the gospel . Tuesday , 3d . — This morning it is very cold , and a fierce north wind is blowing . The Seventh are aroused early , and having last night ...
... that every word as fast as uttered entered there , for when he closed few eyes were dry in that vast audience . After a few apt and appropriate remarks by Colonel Rowett and Major Estabrook the audience SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY . 223.
The Seventh Illinois Infantry in the Civil War Daniel Leib Ambrose. appropriate remarks by Colonel Rowett and Major Estabrook the audience disperses . The hotels are thrown open and the loyal people invite the regiment to throw ...