. The history of the One hundred and fourth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry . rgia! Arise for the defenseof your native soil! Kally around your patriotic Gov-ernor and gallant scddiei-s! Obstruct ami destroy all theroads in Shermans front, flank and rear, and his armywill soon starve in your midst. Be confident. Be reso-lute. Trust in an overruling Providence, and successwill crown your efforts. 1 hasten to join yon in thedefense of your homes and firesides, (i, T, Beaure-gard, Uncle Billy and his boys only smiled on pe-rusing such crazy appeals as the above. They could wellafford to.
. The history of the One hundred and fourth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry . rgia! Arise for the defenseof your native soil! Kally around your patriotic Gov-ernor and gallant scddiei-s! Obstruct ami destroy all theroads in Shermans front, flank and rear, and his armywill soon starve in your midst. Be confident. Be reso-lute. Trust in an overruling Providence, and successwill crown your efforts. 1 hasten to join yon in thedefense of your homes and firesides, (i, T, Beaure-gard, Uncle Billy and his boys only smiled on pe-rusing such crazy appeals as the above. They could wellafford to. One hundred miles had been successfullytraversed ami without any fighting worth army had lived high on the products of Georgiaand were growing fatter and stronger every day. Theyhad come to look on the trip as a grand picnic andwere not getting tired, but more anxious to prolong it,if anything. In this s])iiit the army again set out onthe 24th, first, however, burning the arsenal, peniten-tiary and a few other buildings. There was undoubt- THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOlRTH. (•M\ aiKI riMSSIli;; I In* « M-oiHM lil\cio|| ;i roVflril hrnl«;(wliirli tin* riHMiiv had failrM to Imiiii. stum riitt-rtMl tlieJMIMV wihmIs i«i,iuii and caiiiiKd at two |». in. at TownCnMk Mills. TIk- ^adf, \\lii<-li had lakrii a (•i«»ssroad, raiiif to ;i tilh*d with ;;fk was <*stiniai»d lo hewfk was <*stiniai»d lo hew<»rth sixtv thonsand dollais. Tliosr j^uods wereqiiitklv sampled andsome <tf them dist lilnited, e\eivsohlier takin;; what lie wanted, Imi a |tailialiiv wasshown for |iaper collars. The Ke;:^iment peifunurdpicket dniv at this |da<e, called \\t h, t in- < Mk- II mid red andIonrih reachin;: the hiij l?iillalo swainji at imon, w h
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