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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... o'clock the regiment is formed and marched to the grove , where they listen to the reading of the Declaration of Inde- pendence by Colonel Cook . Oration by Chaplain Davis . Valedictory by Captain Joslyn . July 7th . - The regiment's ...
... o'clock Lieutenant Vrooman died of typhoid fever ; another victim given at liberty's shrine . September 27th . - Lieutenant Vrooman is buried to - day , with military honors . Colonel Boyle , with the Eleventh Missouri , turned out and ...
... o'clock Lieuten- ant Colonel Babcock receives orders to report to post headquarters . Reporting , he receives orders to pro- ceed the following day to Fort Holt , Kentucky , with his regiment , and relieve the Seventeenth Illinois ...
... o'clock we hear something that sounds very much like thunder . It is the cannon's deep , harsh tones , telling us that a battle is raging . It is the first time such sounds have ever fallen upon our ears . We are expecting every minute ...
... o'clock a heavy thunder storm blows across the breast of the river , during which an alarm of a rebel attack is given , which calls the Seventh forth in line of battle . Also an alarm at Bird's Point , but all prove to be false alarms ...