. The patriotism of Illinois. A record of the civil and military history of the state in the war for the Union, with a history of the campaigns in which Illinois soldiers have been conspicuous, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the sanitary and Christian commissions . ,and the Constitution. General Rosecrans pronounced the battle a necessity, and so thepeople of Illinois accepted it. They had put their hand to the plowand would not look back until the furrow was cut (Iran saw that new trials were before them, new burdens were to beb
. The patriotism of Illinois. A record of the civil and military history of the state in the war for the Union, with a history of the campaigns in which Illinois soldiers have been conspicuous, sketches of distinguished officers, the roll of the illustrious dead, movements of the sanitary and Christian commissions . ,and the Constitution. General Rosecrans pronounced the battle a necessity, and so thepeople of Illinois accepted it. They had put their hand to the plowand would not look back until the furrow was cut (Iran saw that new trials were before them, new burdens were to beborne, and were equal to the occasion. Their faith and courage roseto the morally sublime. They had their bereavements—Cbicka-mauga was to many of them indeed the river of death—but withunfaltering purpose to save the country, they demanded that roombe made for new levies and then turned their eye toward the hero ofVicksburg, as the leader for the crisis. The government was dejected, and heavily pressed on the heartof our President the fearful loss of the brave men who fell, and thenecessary prolongation of the contest, but the people, incorruptibleand unconquerable, from their homes, their family altars, their tem-ples, spoke to the government and steadied its half desponding faithwith the word, Onward !. ALL?i\ LHG3 CHAPTER III. REGIMENTAL SKETCHES. Tire Twenty-seventh—General N. B. Buford—The Thirty-eighth—The Forty-second—Heavy Loss at Chickamauga—The Sixty-sixth—Birges Sharpshooters—The Seventy-eighth—At Chickamauga—The Eighty-eighth—Colonel FrancisT. Sherman—The Ninety-sixth—Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas E. Champion—Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac L. Clark—Major JohnC. Smith—The One Hundredand Fourth—The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth—Death of Chaplaln Sanders—Colonel 0. F. Habmon TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY. THE 27th regiment was raised in the counties of Adams, Scott,Pike, Madison, Jersey, Mason, Macoupin, Mercer, Jackson,Henry and M
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