Observations of an Illinois Boy in Battle, Camp and Prisons—1861 to 1865
by Henry Harrison Eby
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About this eBook
- Author
- Eby, Henry Harrison, 1841-1932
- Credits
- Produced by Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
- Subject
- United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58466
- Release Date
- December 13, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Observations of an Illinois Boy in Battle, Camp and Prisons—1861 to 1865
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.CHAPTER I. Beginning of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, April 12, 1861.
- 5.CHAPTER II. Beginning of Three Years’ Service.—Camp Butler and Bird’s Point.
- 6.CHAPTER III. New Madrid, Point Pleasant and Island No. 10.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. Up the River to Hamburg Landing and Thence by Land to Corinth and Jacinto, Miss., Tuscumbia and Cortland, Ala.
- 8.CHAPTER V. From Northern Alabama to Nashville, Tenn., and Its Occupation by the Federals.
- 9.CHAPTER VI. The Advance on Murfreesboro—Battle of Stone River—Occupation of Murfreesboro by the Federals—Cripple Creek and Tullahoma Campaign—Advance on Chattanooga and Chickamauga. — The Execution of a Spy and Bounty-jumper.
- 10.CHAPTER VII. Beginning of the Battle of Chickamauga.
- 11.CHAPTER VIII. My Capture by the Confederates.
- 12.CHAPTER IX. Entrance into Belle Island Prison Pen.
- 13.CHAPTER X. Our Return to Danville—Many Sick with Smallpox—Smallpox Hospital, and Convalescent Camp.
- 14.CHAPTER XI.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. Our Recapture and Return to Prison.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. My Second Entrance into Belle Island Prison Pen, Feb. 13, 1864.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV. Under the Protection of “Old Glory” Once More.
- 18.CHAPTER XV. My Return to My Company and Regiment on May 25, 1864.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI. Reminiscences of George W. Westgate. — At the Battle of Stone River.
- 20.CHAPTER XVII.
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII.
- 22.CHAPTER XIX. A Chapter to the Boys and Girls.
- 23.CHAPTER XX. Birth of “OLD GLORY.”
- 24.CHAPTER XXI. The Consequences of Secession. — Henry Clay, Senate Chamber, 1842.
- 25.CHAPTER XXII.
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