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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... morning Colonel Cook leaves for Springfield on a leave of absence . October 3d .-- This evening at 10 o'clock ... morning , as the morning gun was fired from Fort Prentiss , at Cairo , through some carelessness of the gunner , a solid ...
... morning . November 8th . - To - day a flag of truce , accom- panied by Colonel Cook , goes down the river to the battle field of Belmont to look after the fallen dead . Sixty - four were all that were found . November 13. - This morning ...
... morning we wait for the arrival of General Smith's command . After their arrival , we move forward . Soon it commences to rain , and through mud and rain we march all day . Taking a circuitous route through woods and swamps , we arrive ...
... morning all looks gloomy . The hopes of attacking Columbus have vanished . We await orders to return to Fort Holt . This even- ing the quartermaster arrives with supplies , which are in great demand . The boys are more cheerful to ...
... Morning , February 3d , 1862. — The regi- ment takes passage on board the steamer City of Memphis , for parts unknown . Being nearly all day loading the camp and garrison equipage , the steamer does not move until 5 o'clock , P. M. We ...