. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . ecei\inL;- some news from other ])arts of the armyin ;ard to the prot^rcss of the battle, sometimesIavorahle and at otlur times uufa^•oral)le. 1 well re-memher when the news came that Gen. (Grangers re-ser\e cor])S was coming to assist us. \\e felt verynuich encouraged and felt like cheering with i)er-haps many others. l)uring the day, the exact time 1do not , the (ieneral with ])art of his staff(including myself) was riding down the line (|uite adistance when we met several generals, among themMajor (ien
. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . ecei\inL;- some news from other ])arts of the armyin ;ard to the prot^rcss of the battle, sometimesIavorahle and at otlur times uufa^•oral)le. 1 well re-memher when the news came that Gen. (Grangers re-ser\e cor])S was coming to assist us. \\e felt verynuich encouraged and felt like cheering with i)er-haps many others. l)uring the day, the exact time 1do not , the (ieneral with ])art of his staff(including myself) was riding down the line (|uite adistance when we met several generals, among themMajor (ien. Thomas. They halt(.d and so did we. The generals innnedi-ately began talking very briskly, and seemed to beholding a council of war. I well remember ( During their conversation I noticed bytheir manner that something was not going- right inregard to the battle, as Gen. Thomas shook his headseveral times in a way that indicated trouble. Afterthe generals finished their talk they rode away to theirrespective commands. 108 IN ISATTLI-:, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65. JtAAH PlLLiy^,^ IN liAlTLI-:, CAMP AND IKISONS, 6l-65 109 ,^,/...«-fI^,^^ sept. 16, 1896 . Henry :- Mandotta, dear Eby:- Am obliged to you for your letter of the 11th. for the clip you furnished me containing the names of theold comrades who were present at the Re-union and who answeredi& roll call. I trust you tendered all who assembled my kind-est regards. Yours truly, ftfi^J^iro^-^^*-^-^-^ 110 IN 15ATTLE, CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65
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