History of the Ninety-Third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry: From Organization to Muster OutHarvey Marion Trimble |
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HIST OF THE 90-3RD REGIMENT IL Harvey M. (Harvey Marion) B. 1. Trimble,Aaron B. 1842 Dunbar No preview available - 2016 |
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Allatoona April Atlanta battle May 16 battle Nov battle Oct bridge brigade Bureau County Buried at Vicksburg Captain Captured in battle Cartersville cavalry Champion Hill Chattanooga Chicago Commissioned to rank Confederate Creek crossed Died Discharged for disability division Dover enemy enemy's enlisted Federal foraging forces Garden Plain Georgia hundred Infantry June 18 Invalid Corps Iowa JOHN July July 20 June 23 Killed in battle Lookout Memphis Mills Miss Mission Ridge Mississippi morning Mortally wounded mountain moved Mustered into service Mustered out June Neponset night Ninety-Third Illinois November 25 o'clock a. m. October Ogeechee River Princeton Promoted Corporal Promoted Sergeant railroad rank from Oct regiment marched River road Savannah Sept service Oct Sherman side skirmish Slightly wounded Tenn Tennessee tered out June Tiskilwa toona Transferred to 40th V. V. Infantry June WILLIAM Wounded in battle Wyanet
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Page 208 - Victory has crowned your valor and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts; and with the gratitude of your countrymen and the highest honors a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged the highest duty of American citizens.
Page 156 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 207 - Constitution, overthrown all armed opposition to the enforcement of the laws, and of the proclamations forever abolishing slavery (the cause and pretext of the rebellion), and opened the way to the rightful authorities to restore order, and inaugurate peace on a permanent and enduring basis on every foot of American soil. " Your marches, sieges, and battles, in distance, duration, resolution, and brilliancy of results, dim the luster of the world's past military achievements, and will be the patriot's...
Page 156 - I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the honor is all yours, for I believe none of us went farther than to acquiesce. And taking the work of General Thomas into the count, as it should be taken, it is, indeed, a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages, but in showing to the world that your army could be divided, putting the stronger part to an important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the...
Page 163 - I hope you will burn all cotton, and save us the trouble. We don't want it ; and it has proven a curse to our country. All you don't burn I will. " As to private houses, occupied by peaceful families, my orders are not to molest or disturb them, and I think my orders are obeyed. Vacant houses, being of no use to anybody, I care little about, as the owners have thought them of no use to themselves. I don't want them destroyed, but do not take much care to preserve them.
Page 142 - The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more discreet officers, who will gather, near the route...
Page 143 - As for horses, mules, wagons, etc., belonging to the inhabitants, the cavalry and artillery may appropriate freely and without limit, discriminating, however, between the rich, who are usually hostile, and the poor or industrious, usually neutral or friendly.
Page 207 - Soldiers of the Armies of the United States: "By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour of danger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery and endurance, you have maintained the supremacy of the Union and the Constitution...
Page 206 - Christmas found us at Savannah. Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again began a march, which for peril, labor, and results will compare with any ever made by an organized .army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the high hills...
Page 157 - Some of these foraging parties had encounters with the enemy which would in ordinary times rank as respectable battles. The behavior of our troops in Savannah has been so manly, so quiet, so perfect, that I take it as the best evidence of discipline and true courage. Never was a hostile city, filled with women and children, occupied by a large army with less disorder, or more system, order, and good govcrnment.