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SITE ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 19 2006 |
LAST UPDATED JUNE 29 2009 |
PIECES OF HISTORY [LINKS]
Adjutant General's Compact Regimental History
Private Tabler's Regimental Itinerary
Historical Memoranda of the Fifty-First Illinois
Stones River Notes :: Stones River Accounts
The Regiment's Prisoners of War :: A Growing List
The Chaplain :: The Surgeon :: The Quartermaster
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A MEMENTO: I haven't killed anybody yet
(Charles Wills, 7th Illinois Cavalry, to his brother, May 11, 1862, near Farmington, MS): The colonel is anxious to have the regiment in the battle [for Corinth] when it comes off, while your brother thinks if they can do the work without us he won't be at all angry. I like skirmishing pretty well but am dubious about the fun showing itself so strongly in a battle. I guess I had a dozen shots thrown at me individually on May 8 at from 100 to 450 yards, and I got my return shot nearly every time and some extra ones, but rather think they all got off as well as I did. The carbines are not very correct shooters, and your brother is a ditto, so I have the satisfaction of knowing that I haven't killed anybody yet.
Charles W. Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Compiled by Mary E. Kellogg |
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