. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 245 over fifteen thousand of the enemys best troops, who wereintrenched in some of the strongest works of both nature andart that military engineering could devise and construct. Butthis fearful impending crisis did not disturb the soldiers ofthat noble brigade, who slept that night on their arms, on theextreme left of our line, while on the other wing, the no lessbrave soldiers of General A. J. Smiths splendid division,slep
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 245 over fifteen thousand of the enemys best troops, who wereintrenched in some of the strongest works of both nature andart that military engineering could devise and construct. Butthis fearful impending crisis did not disturb the soldiers ofthat noble brigade, who slept that night on their arms, on theextreme left of our line, while on the other wing, the no lessbrave soldiers of General A. J. Smiths splendid division,slept equally well and undisturbed, with but one rebel regi-ment in their front, for the defense of Vicksburg. Howdifferent ! Early on the morning of the 29th, our brigade was formedin line of battle, with fixed bayonets, in the heavy timber outof sight of the enemy, waiting the signal to charge. Consulting the map, it will be seen that the bayou-trunkwas formed by an east branch, and a southwest branch, fromthe junction of which the trunk flowed sluggishly north andemptied into the Yazoo, a little distance, east, and above,the Johnson Plan
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