. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . omrade Chapel records drawing tea andsauerkraut for the first time. Septe?nber 10th.—Companies A and F and two companiesfrom the Fourth Iowa, with cavalry and artillery, started onan expedition up the St. Francis river, gone four days, butbringing back no results of importance. On August 22d the Tyler came down bringing heavyguns for the fort now being built here by negro labor. jpaer? ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 219 August 26th.—Some of our boats retu
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . omrade Chapel records drawing tea andsauerkraut for the first time. Septe?nber 10th.—Companies A and F and two companiesfrom the Fourth Iowa, with cavalry and artillery, started onan expedition up the St. Francis river, gone four days, butbringing back no results of importance. On August 22d the Tyler came down bringing heavyguns for the fort now being built here by negro labor. jpaer? ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 219 August 26th.—Some of our boats returned from a trip tothe mouth of the Yazoo river, when they met, coming out,the rebel steamer, Fair Play, which was bound for LittleRock, by way of the Arkansas river, with arms and ammu-nition for Hindmans army. There were on board five thou-sand new rifles and a battery of field artillery. It may put usout some, but we are going to try and use these things and sosave General Hindman the trouble. The one hundred pris-oners which we took at the same time concluded to go Northto some of the watering-places for the season. CHAPTER XVII. CAMP LIFE AT HELENA. — EXPEDITIONS TO VARIOUS POINTS.—PREPARATIONS FOR VICKSBURG.—THE THRIRTEETIIAPPROACHING ITS FIRST BATTLE. OLDIERS in active service, as well as sailors,1 develop a remarkable fondness for pets amongthe brute creation, and they even introducethem to the battle-field. I saw, on one occasion, near Vicksburg, abattery of guns hurrying into position for real work,the horses in a gallop, and the cannoneers beingbounced about in their seats, holding hard to prevent beingthrown off; and at the same time two squirrels and a coonfastened by small chains to the limbers, who seemed not atall put out. General Curtis love for pets developed itself in getting upa headquarters train of white mules ; sixteen teams, each ofsix white mules, carefully selected as to size and other goodpoints, and the train presented a very beautiful appe
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