The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers: Or A Three Years' Campaign Through Missour, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, with a Description of the Country, Towns, Skirmishes and Battles...hall & Hutchinson, printers, 1865 - 243 pages |
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Page 11
... wagons , horses and mules , all being huddled indiscriminately on board , the bell rang , and the old boat steamed up the turbid Mis- souri . During the night the boat rounded to at Boon- ville , Mo. , and the regiment went into camp ...
... wagons , horses and mules , all being huddled indiscriminately on board , the bell rang , and the old boat steamed up the turbid Mis- souri . During the night the boat rounded to at Boon- ville , Mo. , and the regiment went into camp ...
Page 12
... wagons to each regiment to be furnished with mules or horses , at the rate of six to a team . The boys were not many days in finding stock enough to supply the demand , and in doing so they found some amuse- ment for themselves , and ...
... wagons to each regiment to be furnished with mules or horses , at the rate of six to a team . The boys were not many days in finding stock enough to supply the demand , and in doing so they found some amuse- ment for themselves , and ...
Page 13
... wagons all supplied with good teams . Other preparations for a campaign being nearly com- pleted , the regiment was in daily anticipation of a move . The sick were sent to town to be left at hospital . Dr. H. J. Maynard , First ...
... wagons all supplied with good teams . Other preparations for a campaign being nearly com- pleted , the regiment was in daily anticipation of a move . The sick were sent to town to be left at hospital . Dr. H. J. Maynard , First ...
Page 14
... wagons loaded . Knap- sacks were to be packed and comfortably fitted to the back ; haversacks to be filled with plenty of rations ; wild mules to be caught from the corral and hitched to the wagons ; and last , though not least , pretty ...
... wagons loaded . Knap- sacks were to be packed and comfortably fitted to the back ; haversacks to be filled with plenty of rations ; wild mules to be caught from the corral and hitched to the wagons ; and last , though not least , pretty ...
Page 26
... wagons and regular equipments . As the Major and his Prairie Scouts proceeded to Head Quarters , they were greeted with cheer after cheer by the soldiers . The rebel flag , being the first they had seen , was a great curiosity to the ...
... wagons and regular equipments . As the Major and his Prairie Scouts proceeded to Head Quarters , they were greeted with cheer after cheer by the soldiers . The rebel flag , being the first they had seen , was a great curiosity to the ...
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