History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry: From Its First Muster Into the U.S. Service, April 25, 1861, to Its Final Muster Out, July 9, 1865Illinois Journal Company, 1868 - 391 Seiten |
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HIST OF THE 7TH REGIMENT ILLIN D. Leib (Daniel Leib) 1843-192 Ambrose Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from Its First ... D Leib 1843-1922 Ambrose Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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64 Mustered 66 July Allatoona Pass April 25 army arrive Atlanta July 25 battle blood boys brave brigade Bunker Hill Cairo Camp Butler Carlinville Colonel Babcock Colonel Rowett command Company H Date of enlistment Date of muster Discharged July 29 Donelson Florence Fort Donelson gallant George George W go into camp Griggsville guerrillas hearts Henry Illinois Iuka James John Johnson July 18 July 25 July July 9 June Killed at Allatoona M. O. July Mattoon miles morning Mound City move mules Mustered out July Name and Rank night noble o'clock Ohio old flag picket Promoted Corporal Promoted Sergeant Pulaski railroad rain Re-enlisted as Veteran rear rebels regiment river road Second Lieutenant Sept Seventh Illinois Sherman sleep soldiers soon Springfield Taken prisoner Tennessee Tennessee river Thomas to-day to-night troops Tuscumbia Union Wounded at Allatoona Wounded at Corinth Wounded at Shiloh
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Seite 36 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Seite 269 - Tis as sad and proud a burden, As ye ever learned before. How they fell like grass When the mowers pass, And the dying, wheu]the foe was flying, swelled the cheering Of the heroes of the pass. Sweep it o'er the hills of Georgia To the mountains of the north ; Teach the coward and the doubter, What th
Seite 137 - Morton of the rights vested in him by our state constitution and laws; and to them we calmly and firmly say, 'Beware of the terrible retribution that is falling upon your coadjutors at the South, which, as your crime is tenfold blacker, will swiftly smite you with tenfold more horror should you persist in your damnable deeds of treason.
Seite 115 - The shell flew thick and fast, cutting off large limbs and filling the air with fragments. Many burst within twenty feet of me. It was extremely unpleasant — and I prayed for forgiveness of my sins, and made up my mind to go through the tempest. Colonel Sawyer called for volunteers to assist the Second Texas skirmishers. I volunteered and took my company. Captain Perkins and Lieutenant Munson being taken sick directly after the severe bombardment, I led the company all the time. I went skirmishing...
Seite 117 - Oh! my God!" jumped about two feet off the ground and fell on his face. The top of his head seemed to cave in, and the blood spirted straight up several feet. I could see men falling as they attempted to run ; some with their heads blown to pieces and others with the blood streaming from their backs. Oh! it was horrible. One poor fellow being almost on me, told me his name, and asked me to take his...
Seite 314 - It was duty! Some things are worthless, and some others so good, That nations who buy them pay only in blood; For Freedom and union each man owes his part, And here I pay my share all warm from my heart. It is duty!
Seite 117 - put down the flag," when it was lowered or shot into the ditch. Oh ! we were butchered like dogs — for we were not supported. Some one placed a white handkerchief on Sergeant Buck's musket, and he took it to a port hole, but the Yankees snatched it off and took him prisoner. The men were falling ten at a time. The ditch being full, and finding that we had no chance, we, the survivors, tried to save ourselves as best we could. I was so far up I could not get off quickly ; I do not recollect seeing...
Seite 117 - One poor fellow being almost on me, told me his name, and asked me to take his pocketbook, and if I escaped to give it to his mother and tell her that he died like a brave man. I asked him if he was a christian ; he said he •was. I asked him to pray, which he did with the cannons thundering a deadly accompaniment. Poor fellow, I forgot his request in the excitement. His legs were literally cut to pieces. As our men retreated the enemy poured into us a terrific fire. I was hardly thirty feet from...
Seite 138 - ... should the loathsome treason of the madmen who are trying to wrest from him a portion of his just authority render it necessary in his opinion for us to return and crush out treason there, we will promptly obey a proper order...