. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . iles andcamped at Iuka. This is quite a fine little town. It has fivemineral springs, and is fixed up as a pleasure resort. A sharp little battle was fought here just before the battleof Corinth in which General Prices army was the party whogot worsted. We stayed at this place a full week. One of the thingsthat characterized our stay here, and it was not an unknownthing in army life, was a series of preaching and prayer meet-ings that developed somethin
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . iles andcamped at Iuka. This is quite a fine little town. It has fivemineral springs, and is fixed up as a pleasure resort. A sharp little battle was fought here just before the battleof Corinth in which General Prices army was the party whogot worsted. We stayed at this place a full week. One of the thingsthat characterized our stay here, and it was not an unknownthing in army life, was a series of preaching and prayer meet-ings that developed something of a revival. War is seriousbusiness and men who engage in it ought to be serious andthoughtful men. While the opposite spirit seemed to have alarge place, it was not universal, perhaps not so generally asit seemed. As thoughtfulness that is touched with pride,sometimes tries to hide itself by noisy demonstration, so asto put the world off the track of our thoughts. r CHAPTER XXVI. ■ ■ SHERMAN JUST ESCAPES CAPTURE.—MULTITUDE OF LITTLE FIGHTS.—A COUNTRY WHERE EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES, AND ONLY MAN IS VILP;.IN DANGER. GEN. SHERMAN. .N REFERRING to our passage fromMemphis to Corinth, allusion was made tothe fact that on this passage General Shermancame very near being captured by General Chal-mers cavalry. This occurred at Colliersville, a sta-tion on the railroad between the two places justreferred to. It was on Sunday, October n, 1863, that General Chal- mers with some twenty-five hundred cavalry made a descentupon this place which was held by the Sixty-sixth IndianaInfantry, about two hundred and forty men present. It was afortified place and contained quite an amount of stores. The colonel of this regiment reported at about 10 oclocka. m.: General Chalmers, with a large force of cavalry andseveral pieces of artillery, attacked our camp. As soon asthe enemys lines were fairly formed they sent in a flag oftruce, demanding the immediate surrender of the place. Thiswas ref
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