. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ; but he kepthis own counsel well. We also learu from these letters, that Colonel Wyman wasin command of the post, which included the entire line ofrailroad from St. Louis to Rolla, as soon as the Thirteenth waswell aboard the cars, on that Saturday night of July 6th,1861, although the order assigned him had not been pub-lished. By referring to the communication of Adjutant-GeneralHarding to General McClellan, dated July 6th, 1861, he says:■ Colonel Wym
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ; but he kepthis own counsel well. We also learu from these letters, that Colonel Wyman wasin command of the post, which included the entire line ofrailroad from St. Louis to Rolla, as soon as the Thirteenth waswell aboard the cars, on that Saturday night of July 6th,1861, although the order assigned him had not been pub-lished. By referring to the communication of Adjutant-GeneralHarding to General McClellan, dated July 6th, 1861, he says:■ Colonel Wyman is in command, with instructions, seems sufficient to establish the above claim. Another thing will be learned for the first time by manyof the Thirteenth, that we should have gone into camp atLebanon, if Colonel Wyman had thought it best. Your historian also learns from all three of the aboveletters, that - Colo?iel Wyman a?id his regiment went down toRolla last night; that being the case, the said historian, ifhe wants to keep abreast with current events, would bettersharpen his pencil and go down to Rolla too. ••,-. CHAPTER IV. LYON ASKS FREMONT TO SEND HIM THE THIRTEENTH ATONCE,* BUT IS TOLD THAT WYMANS IS A SPLENDIDREGIMENT, BUT WE DONT MARCH. UTTING the camp in order was the servicerequired of the men on that first Sunday at thefront; and to show that war does not shave,wash its neck, and dress up for Sunday, there wasno church service ; and that first Sunday nightW* brought several alarms ; and once, the boys werecalled up and ordered to fall in; but the alarms provedfalse, and the first reveille in Dixie woke them on Mondaymorning, July 8th, with another days work of clearing thegrounds and putting everything to rights. The men weregenerally well, and commenced their new life wTith a zestfulalacrity which may be said to be a characteristic of the sol-dier of no other nationality. Captain Blanchard, of Company K, was the Officer-of-the-Day, the first to
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