THE

of this volume desire to state that the papers it contains were selected by the members of the Illinois Commandery of the Loyal Legion, from among the papers relating to the Civil War that have been read at the regular monthly meetings of the Commandery since March 3, 1880. The papers have been arranged as nearly as possible in the order of events of which they treat, thus giving to the volume as a whole an historical sequence and continuity. The Committee venture the hope that their earnest efforts to present the papers in the best shape for permanent preservation will be accepted and approved by the Commandery. Acknowledgments are due the writers of the various. papers for considerate assistance in preparing them for the press.

MARCH, 1891.

ALFRED T. ANDREAS,
CHARLES W. DAVIS,

WILLIAM ELIOT FURNESS,

Committee.

CONTENTS.

RECOLLECTIONS OF GENERAL U. S. GRANT.

GUSTUS L. CHETLAIN, late Brevet Major-General U. S. V.

EPISODES AND CHARACTERS IN AN ILLINOIS REGI-
MENT. BY LUCIEN B. CROOKER, late Captain Fifty-fifth Illinois
Infantry U. S. V.

WHAT A BOY SAW ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

CALLENDER, late Acting Ensign U. S. N. . .

FORT DONELSON AND ITS SURRENDER.

MCAULEY, late Captain Fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry U. S. V.

33

BY ELIOT

51

BY JOHN T.

69

NEW MADRID AND ISLAND NO. 10. BY CHARLES W.
DAVIS, late Lieutenant-Colonel Fifty-first Illinois Infantry U. S. V.

75

SHILOH. BY GEORGE MASON, Brevet Major U. S. V..

93

THE "IFS AND BUTS" OF SHILOH. BY ALFRED T.
ANDREAS, late First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Twelfth Illinois
Infantry U.S. V.

105

THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE "MONITOR." BY ISRAEL

N. STILES, late Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. V. .

125

WHAT I SAW UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE. BY HORACE

H. THOMAS, late Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. V. 135

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. BY HUNTINGTON W. JACK-

SON, late Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. V. .

147

REMINISCENCES OF FORT SUMTER.

WAIT, late Paymaster U. S. N..

BY HORATIO L.

185

THE SIEGE OF FORT WAGNER. BY WILLIAM ELIOT

FURNESS, late Major and Judge Advocate U. S. V. .

211

THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA. BY ARBA N. WATER-

MAN, late Lieutenant-Colonel One Hundredth Illinois Infantry

U. SV..

231

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IN AND OUT OF LIBBY PRISON. BY CHARLES WARRING-

TON EARLE, late Brevet Captain U. S. V. . .

247

ARTILLERYMAN'S

AN

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE

BATTLE OF ATLANTA. BY RICHARD S. TUTHILL, late

First Lieutenant First Michigan Artillery U. S. V. . .

BY

293

345

THE DEATH OF GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON.

BY WILLIAM E. STRONG, late Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. V. 311

SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF A SOUTHERN PRISON.

JOSEPH B. LEAKE, late Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. V.

THE LAST CHANCE OF THE CONFEDERACY. By

ALEXANDER C. MCCLURG, late Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. V. 369

GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS. BY EPHRAIM A. OTIS,

late Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. V.

LAST DAYS OF THE REBELLION. BY PHILIP H. SHERI-

DAN, late General U. S. A.

.

THOSE WHO FOUGHT WITHOUT GUNS. BY ARTHUR

EDWARDS, late Chaplain First Michigan Infantry U. S. V.

.

395

427

441

BY

.

TWO STONE WALLS, FROM A SEASIDE VIEW.
JAMES NEVINS HYDE, late Passed Assistant Surgeon U. S. N.

THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION.

EZRA B. MCCAGG, late President of the Northwestern Branch of

the United States Sanitary Commission

THOMAS F. BARR, Lieutenant-Colonel and Deputy Judge Advocate,

General U. S. A..

.

453

477

519

INDEX.

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