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, WILLIAM ELIOT FURNESS, Committee. CONTENTS. EPISODES AND CHARACTERS IN AN ILLINOIS REGI- NEW MADRID AND ISLAND NO. 10. BY CHARLES W. 75 SHILOH. BY GEORGE MASON, Brevet Major U. S. V.. 93 THE "IFS AND BUTS" OF SHILOH. BY ALFRED T. 105 WHAT I SAW UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE. BY HORACE H. THOMAS, late Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. V. 135 345 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. TWO STONE WALLS, FROM A SEASIDE VIEW. THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION. EZRA B. MCCAGG, late President of the Northwestern Branch of |