. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . IN ;, AND PRISONS, C)l-6$ 43. Old Alje. 44 IN BATTLE, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65 During a period of about three weeks, every half hourduring- night time as well as day, one of those largeshells from a mortar was sent over to Island No. 10,and exploded with terrific force. Whenever one ofthose mortars was discharged it would fairly shakethe earth about us. During a few nights in the be-ginning of the siege the noise made by those gunsdisturbed my sleep, but I soon became accustomed toit. The gunboats also a
. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . IN ;, AND PRISONS, C)l-6$ 43. Old Alje. 44 IN BATTLE, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65 During a period of about three weeks, every half hourduring- night time as well as day, one of those largeshells from a mortar was sent over to Island No. 10,and exploded with terrific force. Whenever one ofthose mortars was discharged it would fairly shakethe earth about us. During a few nights in the be-ginning of the siege the noise made by those gunsdisturbed my sleep, but I soon became accustomed toit. The gunboats also annoyed the Confederates onthe island, by throwing solid shot at them. Whilewe were in the vicinity of Island No. 10 and New Mad-rid, we occasionally met the 8th Wisconsin Regiment,which carried by the side of its regimental fiag thefamous war eagle (Old Abe), whose photograph ap-pears above. I well remember seeing this proud-ap-pearing bird a number of times, while it was beingcarried, sitting upon its perch, beside Old Glory. Itappeared to about as large as a fair-sized turkey,and it served through a tliree ye
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