. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ristmas. I sent a full and completereturn of the first three Divisions from Memphis ; and now send you anabstract of the Fourth (Steeles) of which I can not get a detailed reporttill we get away from Helena. I am Captain, respectfully, W. T. Sherman, Major-General Commanding, Mississippi River Expedition. General Gorman and Colonel Wyman did not agree verywell ; both were a little cranky, and their conferences werenot always conducted in whispers ; and
. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry in the civil war in the United States,1861-65 . ristmas. I sent a full and completereturn of the first three Divisions from Memphis ; and now send you anabstract of the Fourth (Steeles) of which I can not get a detailed reporttill we get away from Helena. I am Captain, respectfully, W. T. Sherman, Major-General Commanding, Mississippi River Expedition. General Gorman and Colonel Wyman did not agree verywell ; both were a little cranky, and their conferences werenot always conducted in whispers ; and there is but littledoubt that our Colonel, when calling on General Gorman, wasin the habit of calling things by their right names, and it isjust possible that he may have volunteered some advice ; atany rate, General Gorman was in the habit of calling ColonelWyman, Old Know-it-all. December 20th, 1S62.—Our marching orders came, andabout noon 011 the 21st, we embarked on board the JohnWarner. CHAPTER XVIII •* THE EXPEDITION.—LANDING AT CIIICASAW BLUFFS.—DEATHOF WYMAN.—DEADLY ORDEAL OF BATTLE ON NEXTDAY.—SLAUGHTER AND O PICTURE vividly the absorption of theThirteenth regiment by Shermans greatnaval army, we will quote Comrade Chapel,who says, on December 21st, i§62: All lastnight, General Shermans fleet was comingdown from Memphis, and the continued ringing ofbells and blowing of whistles kept us awake a goodshare of the night. As soon as daylight, I went downto the levee to see the fleet. The wharf was lined with boats and crowded withtroops ; mostly from Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. At 11 oclock a. m. we received orders to start, and in avery short time broke camp, and the Twenty-eighth Iowatook possession of it. Embarked on the steamer John Warner, a medium-sized, and very good boat, and our regiment occupied it aloneand we had to work by detail all night to coal her up for thetrip. Night, starlight and warm, but too much noise, forsleep. Our brigade, up
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