. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. -etstown. Lyndon and Albany the precious parcels cameand their arrival was always hailed with delight. The pleasure evinced by the soldiers on receivingthese articles was caused not more by the possession ofthem, than by the silent messages which they be
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. -etstown. Lyndon and Albany the precious parcels cameand their arrival was always hailed with delight. The pleasure evinced by the soldiers on receivingthese articles was caused not more by the possession ofthem, than by the silent messages which they betok-ened. Although twelve hundred and tifty miles ofmountain and prairie land separated us from home, wefelt secure in the knowledge that the moral of our friends would e^er be forthcoming. With many indications of our regiments early de-parture for the front, the letters from relatives andfriends grew more grave and tender, breathing wordsof praise and encouragement, causing the first feeling ofhomesickness to enter the hearts of many of the boys asthey eagerly devoured the contents, word by word, andpictured to themselves the family group as it gatheredin tl^e far away home, anxiously watching the progressof the war and calculatingon the prospects of their ownboy being safely returned to the family fold. Distance. Chief Musician John Prestin. Cheering Messages From Friends. ISl lends enchaiUiiiciit. and ihc h(jnies, always precious, hutdoublv so under the circumstances, filled the thou;,ditsof the soldiers and a fcelinf^ of depression would stealoer them as thev allowed their minds to wander back toIllinois, ihey were ^iven but little time for such le-Heciions and the activity all about them c[uicl<ly turnedtheir thoughts to other channel-. Amoni; other letters received from home was onefrom Emeiine Lod^e. No. 8, Degree of Rebekah. I. ().O. of This letter expressed the feeling ofinterest taken in the volunteers from Illinois by thepatri
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