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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... never beat so central and quickening as at this period . After the organization of the regiment , on the twen- ty - seventh , they are marched from Camp Yates to the armory , where they receive their arms -- the Harper's Ferry altered ...
... never sur- render to the United States government . The ex- change having been consummated , the Aleck Scott and Prince commenced moving in opposite direc- tions , one northward and the other southward . Cheer after cheer rolled from ...
... Never was morning light more welcome than this morning's light is to the army of the Tennessee , for with it comes the camp fires . Everywhere , on the hills and in the ravines , their cheering light is seen . But the soldiers are still ...
... never saw a regiment make such grand movements under such a fire in all my military life as your's has just made . Colonel , I thank God for your command at this moment . Charge that rebel battery charge it with your steel and silence ...
... never felt so happy in all my life as when before that rebel battery the first day ; happy because I there discovered that I had a heart to face the can non's mouth , which I did not feel certain of having until then . " Many of the ...