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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... fire . Tramp ! tramp ! is the music roll- ing from the great west , forboding to traitors the doom of disaster . The first from the great commonwealth of Illinois , who harkened to the call " to arms ! " - who harkened to the appeals ...
... fires these men sat that night eating their supper and laughing most heartily , for we noticed that they were masticating some old fat hens . Of course the officer's orders were against all depreda- tions , but orders were sometimes ...
... fire with a vim , after which the rebel machine drifts back to its own con- genial clime , having accomplished ... fires are now seen burning away on the fields as far as the eye can reach . The men have all sunk to rest upon the earth ...
... fires burning . Our camp is in the Mayfield Creek bottom . The water is standing all around us . The creek is rising very high , and it is still raining . ́ Our subsistence is now running short , and Mayfield Creek between us and Fort ...
... fires burn dimly . Soon the rain ceases and the clouds vanish ; the sky becomes clear , and the sun sheds forth refreshing light , which is very welcome to the wet Seventh . But ere it is noon we have marching orders . The gun - boats ...