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The draft was enforced but once, and during the war this county furnished 3,168 soldiers.
CEDARVILLE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Mr. Luther B. Angle wrote the following article which was published in the Freeport Daily Journal, May 31, 1910. It is a good explanation of the part Cedarville played in the Civil War :
"Cedarville was represented in thirteen different regiments during the Civil War. The village had men in the Third and Seventh Illinois Cavalry ; the Elev- enth, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-second, Forty-sixth, Ninety-sec-
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ond (mounted), Ninety-third, One Hundred and Forty-second, One Hundred and Forty-sixth and One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiments of Illinois Volunteer Infantry and in one battery.
We would like to mention all of the families, but will mention only a few notable large ones.
Aikey-Three brothers.
Hiram Clingman-Five brothers.
John Clingman-Four brothers.
Josiah Clingman-Three brothers.
Garman-Father and three sons.
Humphrey-Three brothers.
Haines-Three brothers.
Helm-Three brothers.
Ilgen-Two brothers and one brother-in-law.
Kostenbader-Three brothers.
Kahley-Three brothers.
Piersol-Father and two sons.
Rutter-Father and two sons.
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Vore-Father and three sons.
Diemer-Three brothers.
Patten-Three brothers.
From the little stream south and east of the village in a distance of one mile, there came thirteen soldiers; one family (Heck) furnished three sons and one son-in-law; another family (Kryder) three sons and two sons-in-law and one brother-in-law. So we think we have a record hard to beat at any time or place, or in any war. Eighteen families furnished sixty-three soldiers.
In Company G, Captain Joseph Reel's company of the Ninety-third, fifty of the company went from Cedarville, including the other captain, Samuel Daugh- enbaugh, and the two first lieutenants, Jerimiah Piersol, who was succeeded by his son, George Piersol.
The Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry was represented by more than sixty mem- bers : one field officer, Major Joseph Clingman; twelve members of Company K, including Captain William Stewart and First Lieutenant J. Wilson; twenty-one members of Company G, including Captain Samuel Buchanan, First Lieutenant Thomas B. Jones of Company B, and six members of his company.
Cedarville also furnished First Lieutenant Jason Clingman of the Tenth Iowa Infantry.
Thus we have a total of ten commissioned officers from Cedarville, one major, four captains and five first lieutenants.
A few years ago Major General Nelson A. Miles, in a speech in Freeport, said that after consulting the census reports of Stephenson County, he found that this county sent 72 per cent of the adult male population into the army.
CAMP LIFE OF THE FORTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS.
In the History of the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the author, Lieutenant T. B. Jones, writing of the life of the volunteers in camp, says : "We
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were put to drill at once, and toes and heels were soon sore from the treading of the men before and kicks of those behind, as we marched by file, by flank and in line. Not having any arms at first we held our hands at our sides, directing our mental faculties to the task of keeping our little fingers on the seams of our trouser legs and the more difficult requirements of keeping step. As duty was then impressed upon us, the salutation of the Union seemed to depend on our fidelity in just covering the seams and keeping step with our front rank men or file leaders, eyes fifteen paces to front on the ground. The men were a motley host, mostly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, full of animal life, light hearted, disposed to see fun in everything, and what witty things one did not think of some one else did. There were men of all trades and professions. There were athletes, who could "do" all the feats of the circus ring. There were clowns, too, full of a waggery that kept the camp in a roar. Tailors, barbers, expert clerks, to keep company records, teamsters, lumbermen, skilled with the axe; in short, the regiment could find in its ranks men adapted to any service, from running or repairing a locomotive to butchering an ox. Only a few were slaves of drink. They became frequent tenants of the guard house and soon, in one way or another, got out of the service. Their pranks and stratagems to get liquor were many and witty; amusing to men and annoying to officers. One scape-grace would make shoulder straps out of orange peel, pin them on his coat and stride out of the guard house, past the innocent sentry with the consequen- tial air of a major general, only to turn up a little later roaring drunk in camp.
Life in camp was very regular. At five o'clock the reveille sounded and all must rise at once and bound from the little A tent in which six men slept in straw and blankets. As soon as straw and chaff could be combed from the hair and the soldier properly clad, the line was formed in each company street for roll call. A half hour was then spent in "policing" camp, that is, in cleaning up the streets, airing tents, blankets, etc. At half past six the companies formed to march to breakfast, each man armed with a knife, fork and tin cup. Thus they marched to the mess table, opened files to surround the table; the command "in- ward face" brought the company in line of battle in front of rations. "Touch hats"-"Seats," was next ordered and executed. The rattle of knives, forks, cups and tin plates and the roar of a thousand voices calling in every key for "bread," "coffee," "water," presented a scene of very active service.
At half past seven a tap of the drum called for squad drill. For an hour squads of men, nearly all the regiment, marched, filed, faced, turned, double- quicked, invariably holding on to the seam of the trouser legs, and soon became fa- miliar with the simple movements in the schools of the soldier. At nine the guard mount, a pompous ceremony in which the sergeant-major and adjutant figured as great dignitaries. At eleven battalion drill for an hour gave all an insight into how much our company commanders did not know about war. Then dinner and some lolling about in the heat of the day; but two o'clock found the battalion again formed and executing many movements, the command and executions of which are long forgotten. We drilled in Hardee's tactics, then thought to be the perfection of simple direct evolution. We formed line, advanced and re- treated, changed front forward and to the rear. We marched in close column, formed square; we charged at double-quick and retreated slowly as if yielding
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the field inch by inch, and we kept the little finger on the seam of our trousers, though the sweat tickled our faces and the flies tortured our noses. A grateful country never fully appreciates the services and sufferings of the raw recruit. Company drill of one hour was one of the most important of all, for here the commanding officers were supposed to impart to their men complete instructions, according to Hardee, in all the maneuvers in military instruction. This was not always done, for the officers, most of them, were only beginners in their military education, and after they had acquired some knowledge, the putting into practice the different evolutions was in many case a difficult task. Diligent application to this work, with the aid of a few instructors, soon gave them the necessary knowledge and with practice the most of them became well informed. Some of them made the best commanders of the army and made their mark in after-time in all the duties of army life.
Dress parade came off at five o'clock. The guard ceremonial of the day, de- scribed by one of the wags of the regiment as a "hard job o' standing still." At six o'clock supper and then the play spell of the day. Usually a circus was or- ganized and the athletes of the regiment vied with each other, while the wags made the welkin ring with their drolleries. As darkness stole on the noise sub- sided into a hum of conversation in the tents, or the singing of plaintive songs, for the hallowing influence of eve steals over the rough soldier as well as the sentimental poet.
At nine o'clock the tattoo was beaten, the evening roll called, then camp was in slumber. Boots and shoes for pillows, straw and a blanket, worse than a white horse in coat-shedding time, made us comfortable beds, whatever our opin- ion may have been of them in those days of our callow experience.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
The regiment was called into service under proclamation of the president, April 16, 1861; organized at Springfield, and mustered into serivce April 30, 1861, by Capt. Pope, for three months.
During this term of service, the regiment was stationed at Villa Ridge, Illinois, to June 20th, then removed to Bird's Point, Missouri, where it re- mained, performing garrison and field duty, until July 30th, when the regiment was mustered out, and re-enlisted for three years' service. During the three months' term, the lowest aggregate was eight hundred and eighty-two and the highest nine hundred and thirty-three, and at the muster-out was nine hundred and sixteen.
Upon the re-muster, July 13th, the aggregate was two hundred and eighty- eight. During the months of August, September, October and November, the regiment was recruited to an aggregate of eight hundred and one. In the mean- time were doing garrison and field duty, participating in the following expedi- tions : September 9th to IIth, expedition toward New Madrid; October 6th to IIth, to Charleston, Missouri; November 3rd to 12th, to Bloomfield, Missouri, via Commerce, returning via Cape Girardeau; January 7th and 8th, expedition to Charleston, Missouri, skirmished with a portion of the command of Jeff Thompson; January 13th to 20th, reconnoissance of Columbus, Kentucky, under
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Gen. Grant; January 25th to 28th, to Sikestown, Missouri, February 2nd em- barked on transports to Fort Henry, participating in campaign against that place, February IIth moved toward Fort Donelson; February 12th, 13th and 14th occupied in investing that place, 12th heavily engaged with the enemy about five hours, losing three hundred and twenty-nine killed, wounded and missing, out of about five hundred engaged, of whom seventy-five was killed and one hundred and eighty-two wounded; March 4th and 5th, en route to Fort Henry ; 5th to 13th en rounte to Savannah, Tennessee, in transports; 23d to 25th, en route for Savannah to Pittsburg landing; April 6th and 7th, engaged in battle of Shiloh, losing twenty-seven killed and wounded, out of one hundred and fifty engaged ; April 24th to June 4th, participated in siege of Corinth, thence marched to Jackson, Tennessee, making headquarters here to August 2d, participating in two engagements ; July Ist and 2d toward Trenton, Tennessee; July 23rd to 28th, to Lexington, Tennessee; August 2d moved to Cairo, Illinois, for purpose of recruiting; remained at that point until August 23d, thence to Puducah, Kentucky, remaining there until November 20th; in the meantime engaged in two expeditions; August 23rd to September 16th, to Clarksville, Tennessee, via Forts Henry and Donelson; October 3Ist to November 13th, expeditions to Hopkinsville, Kentucky; November 20th to 14th, en route to La Grange, Ten- nessee, where the regiment reported and was assigned to Brig. Gen. McArthur's Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps. From this time to January 12th, 1863, participated in campaign in Northern Mississippi, marching via Tallahatchie (where the regiment was engaged in a sharp skirmish) ; from thence to Abbe- ville; thence seven miles below Oxford; thence to Holly Springs, Moscow and Memphis, Tenn., remaining in Memphis until the 17th, when it embarked on transport and en route to Young's Point until 24th, remaining there until Feb- ruary IIth, then moved to Lake Providence, and assigned to the seventeenth Army Corps, making headquarters there until April 20th, participating in ex- pedition to American Bend, from March 17th to 28th. April 23, 1863, the One Hundred and Ninth Illinois Infantry was transferred to the Eleventh, five hun- dred and eighty-nine being the aggregate gained by the transfer. April 26th, regiment moved with column to rear to Vicksburg, via Richmond, Perkins Landing, Grand Gulf, Raymond and Black River, arriving before the works May 18th; May 19th and 22d engaged in assaults on the enemy's works; then in the advance siege works to July 4th, at time of surrender; the regiment los- ing in the siege and assault and field officer (Col. Garrett Nevins) killed; three line officers wounded, and forty men killed and wounded; July 17th moved with expedition to Natchez, Mississippi, participating in expedition to Woodville, Mississippi, making headquarters there to July 29, 1864; in the meantime en- gaged in the following expeditions : February Ist to March 8th, up Yazoo River to Greenwood, Mississippi, having a skirmish at Liverpool Heights, February 5th, losing four killed and nine wounded; action at Yazoo City March 5th, los- ing one line officer killed, eight men killed, twenty-four wounded and twelve missing ; April 6th to 28th, at Black River Bridge; May 4th to 21st, expedition to Yazoo City, Benton and Vaughn's Station, Mississippi, taking a prominent part in three important skirmishes; July Ist to 7th, with an expedition to Jack- son, Mississippi, under Maj. Gen. Slocum, engaged with the enemy three times ;
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July 29th, moved to Morganza and was assigned to nineteenth Army Corps, staying there to September 3d; in the meantime participating in an expedition to Clinton, Louisiana, August 24th to 29th; September 3d moved to mouth of White River, Arkansas; October 8th moved to Memphis, Tennessee, returning to White River October 27th; November 6th and 7th, expedition to Gaines' Land- ing; November the 8th, moved to Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas; November 30th to December 4th, en route to Memphis, Tennessee; December 20th to 3Ist, ex- pedition to Moscow, Tennessee; January Ist to 5th, en route to Kenner, Louis- iana; February 4th to 7th, en route to Dauphine Island, via Lake Pontchartrain ; March 17th to April 12th, engaged in operations against Mobile, Alabama, marching from Fort Morgan, participating in the investment and siege, and final capture of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and in the assault. on the latter ; April 12th marched into and took possession of the city of Mobile, staying there until the 27th of May, when embarked in transport and moved via Lake Pont- chartrain to New Orleans, from thence to Alexandria, Louisiana, remaining there until June 22d; thence to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to be mustered out of service; mustered out July 14, 1865, and left for Springfield, Illinois, for pay- ment and final discharge.
Killed in the field and died of wounds. 149
Aggregate three-months' service 933
Aggregate three-years' service 1,879
Field and staff, three-years' service. 53
The following general officers have been in the regiment: Gen. W. H. L. Wallace, Gen. T. E. G. Ransom, Gen. Smith D. Atkins.
The following field officers of other regiments were members of this regi- ment : Col. Hotchkiss, Col. Hopeman, Col. H. H. Dean, Col. G. L. Fort, Lieut. Col. McCalb, Maj. S. B. Dean, Maj. Widmer.
Line officers from this regiment to other regiments, thirty-three (33).
Maj. Smith D. Atkins, Com. Capt. Co. A, May 14, 1861, prmtd. Maj. Feb. 15, 1862, prmtd. Col. 92nd Regt.
Quartermaster Guyan J. Davis, com. Ist. lieut. Co. A. July 4, 1860, prmtd. quartermaster Aug. 31, 1861, term exp. July 29, 1864.
Quartermaster Joseph W. Brewester, e. as private Co. A, July 30, 1862, prmtd. 2nd lieut. Oct. 31, 1863, prmtd quartermaster July 29, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Capt. Smith D. Atkins, com. May 14, 1861.
First Lieut. Martin E. Newcomer, com. May 14, 1861.
Second Lieut. Silas W. Fileds, com. May 14, 1861.
First Sergt. Richardson W. Hurlburt, e. July 30, 1861, prmtd. second lieut.
Sergt. James O. Churchill, e. July 30, 1861, prmtd. 2nd lieut.
Sergt. Orton Ingersol, e. July 30, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut.
Sergt. F. T. Goodrich, e. July 30, 1861, kld. bat. Shiloh.
Sergt. F. R. Bellman, e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Corp. Hugh Q. Staver, e. July 30, 1861, disd. for promotion.
Corp. John R. Hayes, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Nov. 24, 1862, disab.
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Corp. O. F. Lamb, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 3, 1862, disab.
Corp. John D. Waggner, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Corp. H. B. Springer, e. July 30, 1861, died July 14, 1863, wd.
Corp. William N. Blakeman, e. July 30, 1861, disd. July 30, 1864, term ex- pired.
Corp. John Cronemiller, e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Corp. Jason Clingman, e. July 30, 1861, disd. for promotion June 6, 1863.
Musician C. E. Cotton, e. July 30, 1861, trans. to noncom. staff.
Musician John R. Harding, e. July 30, 1861, disd. for promotion June 6, 1863. Addams, S. J., e. July 30, 1861, disd. April, 1862, disab.
Alexander, Joseph, e. July 30, 1861, died August 3, 1862.
Adams, John H., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Nov. 20, 1862, wd.
Bradford, John, e. Dec. 15, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862.
Brewster, John W., e. July 30, 1861, trans. to non-com. staff.
Brooks, E. L., e. July 30, 1861.
Bobb, Isaac, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Dec. 25, 1862.
Brace, S. N., e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Bamberger, E., e. July 30, 1861, disd. for promotion, Oct. 20, 1863.
Chown, Joseph N., e. July 30, 1861.
Cross, Levi, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 30, 1862, disab.
Clingman, William, e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Cramer, D. N., e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Cradler, Joseph, e. July 30, 1861, as vet.
Dersham, David, e. Dec. II, 1861, trans. from 109 Ill. Inf., disd. May 5, 1863, disab.
Dunham, Christopher, e. July 30, 1861, trans. to cav. Frain, William, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862.
Fry, John W., e. July 30, 1861, died Oct. 17, 1862.
French, D. H., e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Figely, William, e. July 30, 1861.
Ferrin, Harvey, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Forbes, John, e. July 30, 1861.
Graham, D. F., e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson. Gillet, John, e. July 30, 1861.
Gillap, Henry, e. July 30, 1861, disd. July 18, 1862, disab.
Gravenwold, Henry, e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Hurlburt, E. D., e. July 30, 1861, as vet.
Hayes, Russell, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 9, 1862, disab. Hall, Luther, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Sept. 22, 1864, term expired.
Hay, Jonathan, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Oct. 13, 1861. Hanman, John M., e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Shiloh. Hartman, F. D., e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Shiloh. Hile, Samuel, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Nov. 20, 1863, disab.
Hays, Samuel P., e. Jan. 26, 1865, trans. to 46th Ill. Inf.
Hayes, William, e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Haight, Samuel, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Feb. 9, 1864. Ingham, Samuel H., e. July 30, 1861, trans.
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Inman, Seth, e. July 30, 1861. -
Kassell, Nicholes, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 14, 1862, disab.
Kearney, Francis, e. July 30, 1861, m. o. Nov. 4, 1861, term expired.
Kline, Eli, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 21, 1862, disab. Kailey, Jos., e. July 30, 1861, kld. at Ft. Donelson.
Lamb, John, e. Sept. 27, 1861, disd. May. 17, 1863. Loveland, J. H., e. July 30, 1861, vet. Lambert, F., e. July 30, 1861, kld. Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.
Lamb, Thomas, e. July 30, 1861. Lutz, Charles H., e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Lied, Edwin, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Nov. 20, 1862, disab.
Lyon, George W., e. July 30, 1861.
Lynch, Jos. J., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Sept. 14, 1864, term expired. McGhee, James J., e. July 30, 1861, vet.
McCormick, D., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 14, 1862, disab.
McGlouthling, R., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Sept. 30, 1862, disab.
Marion, Jacob, e. July 30, 1861, vet. .
Pratt, Joseph, e. July 30, 1861.
Patterson, Arthur, e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Parker, H. M., e. July 31, 1861, disd. for promotion.
Pope, H. H., e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862.
Roe, John M., e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Ross, Isaac M., e. July 30, 1861, kld. Ft. Donelson.
Smith, O. F., e. July 30, 1861, m. o. July 29, 1864, term expired.
Slough, M., e. July 30, 1861, trans. to corps.
Stoner, H. C., e. July 30, 1861, vet.
Stoner, Saul, e. July 30, 1861.
Shoemaker, Anson, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Smith, Benj., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Feb., 1862, disab.
Sidle, John, e. July 30, 1861, disd. July 30, 1864, term expired. Syphep, Annias, e. Sept. 27, 1861, disd. Nov. 24, 1861, disab. Thompson, John A., e. July 30, 1861, kld. Ft. Donelson.
Templeton, David, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Trimper, John, e. July 30, 1861, kld. Ft. Donelson.
Taylor, John B., e. July 30, 1861, disd. July 30, 1863, disab.
Weaver, M. S., e. July 30, 1861, died Sept. 2, 1861.
Woodring, Uriah, e. July 30, 1861, disd. May 17, 1862. Wohlford, Aaron, e. July 30, 1861.
Wohlford, Jerit, e. July 30 ,1861.
Wohlfort, Geo., e. July 30, 1861, prmpt. Corp., died Aug. 29, 1863.
Wohlford, Jos., e. July 30, 1861, prmptd. Corp.
Wenz, James, e. July 30, 1861.
Williams, F. J., e. Sept. 27, 1861, disd. Oct. 14, 1862, disab.
COMPANY D.
Clement, Louis, e. Aug. 15, 1861, died July 27, 1864, wd.
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FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.
The Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, was organized at Free- port, Illinois, and mustered into the United States service May 24, 1861, being the first regiment organized for the state for the three-year service. It then proceeded to Alton, Illinois, remaining there six weeks for instruction. Left Alton for St. Charles, Missouri, thence by rail to Mexico, Missouri. Marched to Hannibal, Missouri; thence by steamboat to Jefferson Barracks; then by rail to Rolla, Missouri. Arrived in time to cover Gen. Siegel's retreat for Wilson's Creek; thence to Tipton, Missouri, and thence joined Gen. Fremont's army. Marched from there to Springfield, Missouri; thence back to Tipton; then to Sedalia, with Gen. Pope, and assisted in the capture of one thousand three hun- dred of the enemy a few miles from the latter place; then marched to Otterville, Missouri, where it went into winter quarters December 26, 1861. Remained there until February 1, 1862, then marched to Jefferson City; thence to St. Louis by rail; embarked on transports for Fort Donelson, arriving there the day of the surrender.
The regiment was then assigned to the fourth division, General Hurlbut commanding and marched to Fort Henry. Then embarked on transports for Pittsburg Landing. Participated in the battles of the 6th and 7th of April, los- ing two hundred and fifty-two men killed and wounded. Among the former were Lieutenant Colonel E. T. W. Ellis, Major Goddard, Captains Brownell and Wayne, and Lieutenant John W. Puterbaugh. Captain Adam Nase, wounded and taken prisoner. The regiment then marched to Corinth, participating in various skirmishes and the siege of that place, losing a number of men killed and wounded.
After the evacuation of Corinth, the regiment marched to Grand Junction ; thence to Holly Springs; back to Grand Junction; thence to La Grange; thence to Memphis, arriving there July 21, 1862, and remaining there until September 6th. Then marched to Bolivar; thence to the Hatchie River. Lost, fifty killed and wounded in that engagement. Then returned to Bolivar; from thence to La Grange; thence with General Grant down through Mississippi to Coffeeville, returning to La Grange and Memphis; thence to Vicksburg, marched with Sher- man to Jackson, Mississippi, then returned to Vicksburg and embarked for Natchez. Marched thence to Kingston; returned to Natchez; then to Harrison- burg, Louisiana, capturing Fort Beauregard, on the Washita River. Returned to Natchez, remained there until November 10, 1863. Proceeded to Vicksburg and went into winter quarters. Here the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, re- maining until February 1, 1864, when it moved with General Sherman through Mississippi. On Champion Hills had a severe engagement with rebel Carney. Marched to Meridian; thence south to Enterprise; thence back to Vicksburg. Was then ordered to Illinois on veteran furlough. On expiration of furlough; joined seventeenth army corps, and proceeded up the Tennessee River to Clin- ton; thence to Huntsville, Alabama; thence to Decatur and Rome, Georgia: thence to Kingston, and joined General Sherman's army, marching to Atlanta.
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At Allatoona Pass, the fifteenth and the fourteenth infantry was consolidated, and the organization was known as the Veteran Battalion Fourteenth and Fif- teenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and numbering six hundred and twenty-five men. From Allatoona Pass it proceeded to Ackworth and was then assigned to duty, guarding the Chattanooga & Atlanta Railroad. While engaged in this duty the regiment being scattered along the line of road, the rebel General Hood, marched north struck the road at Big Shanty and Ackworth, and captured about three hundred of the command. The remainder retreated to Marietta, were mounted and acted as scouts for General Vandever. They were afterward trans- ferred to General F. P. Blair, and marched with General Sherman through Georgia.
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