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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... beautiful banner of stars has been struck by a traitorous foe . The gauntlet has been flung . The ship of state rocks wildly . Soon it is swept from the ocean , over the mountains of the north , telling an anxious people that " the flag ...
... beautiful starry banners flying . It is our fate to be one of the rear regiments , and while waiting for the assembly to beat , the regiment ascends a hill close by , from where we first behold a rebel camp . We see the ensign of ...
... beautiful light streaming around stalwart men . It is early when our brigade ( the 3d ) commanded by our Colonel , " John Cook , " moves from camp in the woods near Fort Henry . The Seventh at the appointed time takes up the line of ...
... beautiful still morning , though its stillness is occasionally interrupted by the heavy cannonading on the Cumberland . After hastily eating our breakfast , we are ordered into line . Soon Colonel Babcock gives the command " for- ward ...
... beautiful Cumberland flows . Sunday , 16th . This morning we still occupy the position gained last evening . There is no firing this morning . Why this quiet ? Why this stillness ? The enemy may be preparing for a more determined ...