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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... hear- ing an officer tell some of the men that over beyond that hill , about one mile , was a barn full of chickens , " and the first soldier who molested them he would buck and gag . " By a quick wink of 14 HISTORY OF THE.
... tell ; only that our faces are being turned southward . I look around the camp to - night ; I see strong men , full of life and hope . They may go down there ne'er to return again . Liberty will claim them , but in the years to come ...
... tells the story more plainly than pen can write it . Though our loss is light , we miss those who have fallen , and ... tell me not to stay ; I will go where that old flag goes to - day . Being unable from the injuries received near ...
... tell him it is because the Seventh can drill . Saturday , April 5th . - Nothing of note has oc- curred to relieve the monotony of camp life . There is now a large army concentrated here . Far away on the hills and in the ravines the ...
... tell the boys of Company A , that ere the sun's light is hid from this field , their Captain will be no more ; that I will be silently sleeping in death . Tell them to remember Captain Ward , and keep the old flag in the wind ...