Cairo, July 27, 1861 We number now about 60 and have 25 days in which to fill up to 100. Two hundred and fifty of our regiment of three-months’ men have re-enlisted. Two hundred and fifty out of 680, which is considerably better than any eastern regiment that I have seen mentioned. There was [...]
“A rumored attack in prospect on Bird’s Point…”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.
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