. 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 . ry of Navarre in the awful slaughter at Coutras;tluee times as heavy as the percentage of loss at Solferino;five times greater than that of Napolean at Wagram; andin this American battle thousands fell on both sides fightingat such close quarters that at times their faces were burntby blazing powder at the very muzzles of the guns! Lookingback on it now, those few hours so crowded with death andglory seem to have flown at lightn
. 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 . ry of Navarre in the awful slaughter at Coutras;tluee times as heavy as the percentage of loss at Solferino;five times greater than that of Napolean at Wagram; andin this American battle thousands fell on both sides fightingat such close quarters that at times their faces were burntby blazing powder at the very muzzles of the guns! Lookingback on it now, those few hours so crowded with death andglory seem to have flown at lightning speed, but when theydragged endlessly, held in check, as it were, by myriad piti-less demands for help which none could give. And the curiousresult of that most terrible battle of the Civil War was this:Rosecrans, thanks to Thomas, held Chattanooga, the ob-jective of the struggle, while Bragg was victor of a l^arrenfield. Befoie going into this battle we must first bring the Reg-iment out of McLemores Cove, which, at the time, was arather difficult undertaking, as the reassembling of his threecorps by Rosecrans was a tactical proceeding that even the so o U. The Nineteenth Illinois 219 privates could not make heads or tails of for quite a littlewhile. The Commander of our army was detained in thevalley two days longer than there was any need of—McCooktook four or five days to do what he should have done intwo—and Rosecrans had not concentrated his forces untilthe eighteenth of September, This allowed time for Braggto receive another heavy reinforcement. Now from theArmy of the Potomac, Longstreets two divisions, nine bri-gades in all, and counting no fewer than eight or nine thou-sand real fighters. On the Seventeenth the Regiment movedat noon, marched seven or eight miles, then bivouacked nearCrawfish Spring. Next day we did not move until fourP. M., and then, after some marching here and there, re-turned to bivouac about a quarter of a mile from whence wehad started.
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