. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . KEEPING THE MISSISSllMMOPEN Illinois sent into the war Griiul, Lugan,McClernand, Grierson, and other prom-inent leaders in the Vicksburg was one of the few States which fur-nished troops in excess of their Seventy-second Illinois Infantry, synonym was Board ofrnidc. toHclIier wilh oilier Illinois rci;i-monts, sawsevereactive service along theMississippi and at Vicksburg; it servedin General IMcArthius division of theSeventeenth Corps, and distinguisheditself on November .JOth of Ihc follow-ing Nea
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . KEEPING THE MISSISSllMMOPEN Illinois sent into the war Griiul, Lugan,McClernand, Grierson, and other prom-inent leaders in the Vicksburg was one of the few States which fur-nished troops in excess of their Seventy-second Illinois Infantry, synonym was Board ofrnidc. toHclIier wilh oilier Illinois rci;i-monts, sawsevereactive service along theMississippi and at Vicksburg; it servedin General IMcArthius division of theSeventeenth Corps, and distinguisheditself on November .JOth of Ihc follow-ing Near in the battle of Eranklin. reiin. SHIHLEYS RESIDENCE, -THE WHITE HOUSE. OF EIETH V. S. COLORED HEAVY ARTILLEin VICKSBURG IN FEDERALHANDSShirleys White House, on the Jack-son road, stood between the opposinglines; although a target for both sides, itremained practically uninjured. GeneralLiebs colored regiment was recruited inLouisiana and Mississippi and organ-ized at Vicksburg in August, Itsuffered a heavy loss in deaths fromfever, being stationed along the ri\ the assault on Port Hudson coloredtroops were first used by the Federalsin a general engagement — the FirstLouisiana Native Guard of the CorpsdAfrique, organized by General Butler. ■ ■ ;^^^ ,_ JiM L SMtAlilip mm: rH 1 ,jp W ^^*lS #3 HEADQUARTERS lisu ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS Grazit and Sherman had no thought of abandoning Yicks-burg because of this faihire. But a month of unfortunate mih-tary dissension over rank in the command of Shermans army ^^resulted in General John A. JNIcClernand, armed with author- ^^^ity from Washington, coming down from Illinois and super-seding S
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