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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... enlistment . CHAPTER II . 11-24 The commencement of the three years ' service ; Roster of Officers ; Camp at Mound City , Illinois ; Camp at Cairo , Illinois ; Leaving Cairo ; Ascending the Mississippi ; Landing at Sulphur Springs ...
... enlistment . Cry for the mustering officer . His arrival . The Regiment mustered as Veterans . CHAPTER XII . 221-224 Leaving Pulaski on Veteran furlough . Arrival at Springfield . The reception . The regiment in the Representatives ...
... enlistment . For thirty years the leading spirits of the South , with slavery in full feather , wrote every day of the inviolateness of secession , and the divinity of human bondage . The leading spirits of the North , cham- pions of ...
... enlisting . June 26th . - A'general alarm seemed to prevail to- day , concerning hostile appearances on the Kentucky shore , and in consequence , Colonel Cook sends Cap- tains Monroe and Babcock , with a squad of men , across the river ...
... enlistment is now drawing to a close , and it has not been out of its native State . The drums are now beating for volunteers to fill up the call made on the fourth of May for three years ' troops . The Seventh stood on the banks of the ...