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... |
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Page 30
... Spring- field , the regiment had no other than absolutely needful rest . The nearer the approach to Springfield , the more confirmed became the report of the rebel army being in that vicinity . The regiment having made ten or twelve ...
... Spring- field , the regiment had no other than absolutely needful rest . The nearer the approach to Springfield , the more confirmed became the report of the rebel army being in that vicinity . The regiment having made ten or twelve ...
Page 46
... springs bubbling from many a creviced rock and wells of unfailing depths , are met with every where in southern Missouri . The regiment followed its old line of march , until after crossing the Osage , when it took the most direct road ...
... springs bubbling from many a creviced rock and wells of unfailing depths , are met with every where in southern Missouri . The regiment followed its old line of march , until after crossing the Osage , when it took the most direct road ...
Page 64
... Spring- field without any indications of the enemy ; but now coming to an open country the troops were halted , and a long line of battle was formed across a very large piece of meadow land . The line was formed in front of some heavy ...
... Spring- field without any indications of the enemy ; but now coming to an open country the troops were halted , and a long line of battle was formed across a very large piece of meadow land . The line was formed in front of some heavy ...
Page 73
... Springs , and prepared to bivouac for the night ; but , before the preparations were completed , orders came to push forward . A messenger had announced that our cavalry was close upon the enemy , and desired that the ILLINOIS ...
... Springs , and prepared to bivouac for the night ; but , before the preparations were completed , orders came to push forward . A messenger had announced that our cavalry was close upon the enemy , and desired that the ILLINOIS ...
Page 79
... Springs , it arrived in the neighborhood of Cross Hollows , and went into camp , on the 22d day of February ... spring gushes forth under one of the banks , giving origin to a creek . It was thought that the six bold promontories , which ...
... Springs , it arrived in the neighborhood of Cross Hollows , and went into camp , on the 22d day of February ... spring gushes forth under one of the banks , giving origin to a creek . It was thought that the six bold promontories , which ...
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