. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. Exeter, 111., Hitts store on left of picture. Hotel on Gardners, a well known place, on the Perry road, near which Grants march ended. 61 though he didnt ask me to break any rules, but finally I managed to accom-modate him with an extra car, which the shipping clerk forgot to bill, sothe report went to headquarters all right. Grant detailed some officers to superintend the loading of the baggage ofthe regiment on the cars as the men arrived from the other side. I was busyseeing that the cars were set out of the way as fast as the
. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. Exeter, 111., Hitts store on left of picture. Hotel on Gardners, a well known place, on the Perry road, near which Grants march ended. 61 though he didnt ask me to break any rules, but finally I managed to accom-modate him with an extra car, which the shipping clerk forgot to bill, sothe report went to headquarters all right. Grant detailed some officers to superintend the loading of the baggage ofthe regiment on the cars as the men arrived from the other side. I was busyseeing that the cars were set out of the way as fast as they were loaded, anddid not look after the work myself. The officer at the car was a smart Aleckwho had probably never seen any service before that time, and felt hisimportance not a little and acted accordingly. The men from the regimentwould come in droves and pile their stuff pell mell into the car, and as butfour men could work inside, they would be swamped with the stuff andunable to get it out of the way as fast as delivered to them, and the officerwould curse them roundly for not working faster. Finally I cam
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