{"product_id":"2940013929401","title":"CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES, 1862-1865","description":"CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnlisted in Capt. John Allen's company June 7th, 1862. Went on board the\u003cbr\u003esteamer \"Jennie Whipple\" at Dallas City, Sunday morning, June 15th, and\u003cbr\u003ewith company went down the Mississippi to Quincy, Ill., place of\u003cbr\u003erendezvous. On the way an incident occurred which I cannot pass without\u003cbr\u003emention. When we passed Alexandria, Mo., the river shore was lined with\u003cbr\u003epeople and to our ears came the shout, \"Hurrah for Jeff Davis!\" and to\u003cbr\u003eadd to the insult they waved the black flag in our faces, (which\u003cbr\u003einterpreted meant no quarter to Yankees). Passing on down the river the\u003cbr\u003enext town was Canton, where the same greeting was given us, all of which\u003cbr\u003emade us very indignant to think so near home we should be insulted in\u003cbr\u003esuch a manner. I have never had a very favorable opinion of those two\u003cbr\u003etowns since, and while I hope there is more loyalty and patriotism now\u003cbr\u003ethan then, I feel that their forefathers put a blot on their little\u003cbr\u003ecities that will never be erased.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Camp Wood on the 1st day of September, was mustered into the U. S.\u003cbr\u003eservice, together with nine other companies, forming the 78th Ill. Vol.\u003cbr\u003eInf. (In casting lots for position in line my company drew the letter\u003cbr\u003e\"H\" which placed us on the left of the colors, and Company \"C\" on the\u003cbr\u003eright.) On the 19th day of September we were put on coal cars with\u003cbr\u003eboards laid across for seats, no cover over our heads; on arrival at\u003cbr\u003edestination were put on provost duty for a few days, until Gen. Buell\u003cbr\u003ewas equipped for his campaign against Gen. Bragg. October 5th my\u003cbr\u003eregiment was marched to Shepardsville, Ky., and on the 14th was divided\u003cbr\u003einto detachments under Gen. Gilbert to guard railroad bridges on the\u003cbr\u003eLouisville and Nashville railroad. December 26th the guerrilla John\u003cbr\u003eMorgan, captured Companies B and C at Muldrose Hill, two and one-half\u003cbr\u003emiles from Elizabethtown, Ky., and they were paroled. On the same raid\u003cbr\u003eon the morning of Dec. 30th, Morgan attacked Co. H at New Haven, Ky.,\u003cbr\u003eand was driven away without accomplishing his purpose. About the last of\u003cbr\u003eJanuary, 1863, the companies were collected at Louisville and embarked\u003cbr\u003eon the steamer \"John H. Grosbeck\" for Nashville via the Ohio and\u003cbr\u003eCumberland rivers, arriving at Fort Donelson February 3, 1863, in time\u003cbr\u003eto relieve the 83rd Ill., which was surrounded by a superior force of\u003cbr\u003eForest's and Wheeler's cavalry. The enemy retired on our approach and we\u003cbr\u003epassed on to Nashville, Tenn., where the regiment disembarked. The\u003cbr\u003eregiment was in the command of Brigadier Gen. C. C. Gilbert of the Army\u003cbr\u003eof Kentucky, under Major General Gordon Granger, reserve corps\u003cbr\u003ecommander.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring our stay in Kentucky there were many social features with the\u003cbr\u003ecitizens that made our stay among them quite pleasant, one of which is\u003cbr\u003eworthy of mention. As a few of us wished to avail ourselves of an\u003cbr\u003eopportunity to attend a dance to be given by a planter by the name of\u003cbr\u003eSphink, who sent in to our lines an invitation for about a half a dozen\u003cbr\u003eto come out on a certain night. Of course we were crazy to go, but how\u003cbr\u003ewere we to get outside the lines. We decided to ask the officers for a\u003cbr\u003epass, but this failed. Our officers claimed this was a plan made up to\u003cbr\u003eget a lot of us out there and take us prisoners, as a lot of Morgan's\u003cbr\u003emen were in that vicinity at that time, and we decided it was all off.\u003cbr\u003eBut as the time came near for the event and there was less news of the\u003cbr\u003eRebel General Morgan's near proximity to us, a few of us Yanks' heels\u003cbr\u003ebegan to tickle for a dance and a desire to have a chance at the roast\u003cbr\u003eturkey that was promised for the occasion. So we made up our minds that\u003cbr\u003ewe would take our chances on getting by the pickets. In the mean time\u003cbr\u003ethere came a big snow storm, the heaviest, the natives said, that had\u003cbr\u003eever been known in Kentucky. It covered the earth to a depth of a little\u003cbr\u003emore than two feet. The night for the party arrived, and not Johnnies,\u003cbr\u003esnow, pickets, nor anything else would have stopped that gang. During\u003cbr\u003ethe day we located the guards on picket duty, quite a ways from the main\u003cbr\u003eroad, and planned to go as close to them as possible without attracting\u003cbr\u003etheir attention, then to drop on our hands and knees and crawl through\u003cbr\u003ethe snow to a safe distance on the outside, which we did, and arrived\u003cbr\u003esafely at Mr. Sphink's. We had taken the precaution to take our side\u003cbr\u003earms with us, for we had seen service enough to be always on the alert\u003cbr\u003eand trust nobody or allow them to get the drop on us.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079809220848,"sku":"2940013929401","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013929401_p0.jpg?v=1763601617","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013929401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}