Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861 |
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... troops , subsistence , transportation , places of rendezvous , etc. The war has now arrived at the most criti- cal point . A series of splendid successes has crowned our arms . driven from Tennessee , Missouri and Ken- The enemy has ...
... troops , subsistence , transportation , places of rendezvous , etc. The war has now arrived at the most criti- cal point . A series of splendid successes has crowned our arms . driven from Tennessee , Missouri and Ken- The enemy has ...
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... troops . Gen. Grant took possession of the tele- graph office , railroad depot , and the marine hos- pital , and issued the following proclamation : " I have come among you not as an enemy , but as your fellow - citizen . Not to ...
... troops . Gen. Grant took possession of the tele- graph office , railroad depot , and the marine hos- pital , and issued the following proclamation : " I have come among you not as an enemy , but as your fellow - citizen . Not to ...
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... troops all displayed the greatest bravery . The following is Gen. Grant's official report : CAIRO , Nov. 12 , 1861 . On the evening of the 6th inst . , I left this place with two thousand eight hundred and fifty appearance again , and ...
... troops all displayed the greatest bravery . The following is Gen. Grant's official report : CAIRO , Nov. 12 , 1861 . On the evening of the 6th inst . , I left this place with two thousand eight hundred and fifty appearance again , and ...
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... troops made the march in good order , the head of the column arriving within two miles of the Fort at twelve o'clock M. At this point the enemy's pickets were met and driven in . termining our loss even approximately , but it cannot ...
... troops made the march in good order , the head of the column arriving within two miles of the Fort at twelve o'clock M. At this point the enemy's pickets were met and driven in . termining our loss even approximately , but it cannot ...
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... troops were stationed here ex- cept the necessary artillerists , and a small in- fantry force for their support . Just at this moment the advance of Major General Buell's column ( a part of the division of Gen. Nelson ) arrived , the ...
... troops were stationed here ex- cept the necessary artillerists , and a small in- fantry force for their support . Just at this moment the advance of Major General Buell's column ( a part of the division of Gen. Nelson ) arrived , the ...
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Page 72 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear.
Page 84 - It is as natural to die as to be born, and to a little infant perhaps the one is as painful as the other. He that dies in an earnest pursuit is like one that is wounded in hot blood, who for the time scarce feels the hurt' and therefore, a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. But above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations.
Page 11 - On Sunday morning our pickets were attacked and driven in by the enemy. Immediately the five divisions stationed at this place were drawn up in line of battle, ready to meet them.
Page 72 - I presume that I have been called here to pursue the same system and to lead you against the enemy. It is my purpose to do so, and that speedily.
Page 23 - And if from the far Pacific a voice feebler BY THE SHORE OF THE RIVER. 517 than the feeblest murmur upon its shore may be heard to give you courage and hope in the contest, that voice is yours to-day ; and if a man whose hair is gray, who is well-nigh worn out in the battle and toil of life, may pledge himself on such an occasion and in such an audience, let me say, as my last word, that when, amid sheeted fire and flame, I saw and led the hosts of New York as they charged in contest upon a foreign...