. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . 1 # rsH IHI 2i ^ i| PI 1 S-. / E } L^ The Nineteenth Illinois 177 when they safely handed the important dispatch to theAssistant Adjutant General, occupied at that late hour inwriting letters home. He ordered the men to go to bed andreport at headquarters next morning at eight oclock. Withsome difficulty they found lodgings; and hardly were theyasleep than loud knockings came upon the bed room Mitchel wanted them at
. The Nineteenth Illinois; a memoir of a regiment of volunteer infantry famous in the Civil War of fifty years ago for its drill, bravery, and distinguished services . 1 # rsH IHI 2i ^ i| PI 1 S-. / E } L^ The Nineteenth Illinois 177 when they safely handed the important dispatch to theAssistant Adjutant General, occupied at that late hour inwriting letters home. He ordered the men to go to bed andreport at headquarters next morning at eight oclock. Withsome difficulty they found lodgings; and hardly were theyasleep than loud knockings came upon the bed room Mitchel wanted them at his tent at once. Hastilydressing, they followed the Orderly back to was now half-past two oclock! Mitchel had beenawakened; he read the message from Turchin informinghim ofthe near approach on Winchester of a large force ofthe enemy with the Colonels compliments, and wishing toknow what he must do under the circumstances. Get your horses at once, and prepare to ride to Win-chester, said the General commanding. But Masseyventured to insist that the horses w^ere too tired to make thereturn journey so soon, and asked for new mounts. There-upon th
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