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In the Very Thickest of the Fight
The Civil War Service of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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In the Very Thickest of the Fight
The Civil War Service of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
About this book
The 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment took the field under command of a lackadaisical colonel who was frequently absent and feuded with his own officers and superiors. Distrusted by senior officers, the 78th became a regiment that was always left behindâuntil its own officers forced their reluctant colonel to resign. His replacement was a forceful leader who turned the regiment into a crack fighting outfit that performed heroically in the battle of Chickamauga and many of the great battles of the Atlanta campaign. It later joined Sherman's March to the Sea and fought its way out of the tangled swamps of Bentonville in one of the war's last battles. Its story is told here mostly in the words of its soldiers through letters, diaries and other sources, many never before accessed by historians. This book sheds new light on many important incidents and battles in the Civil War's Western Theater.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: âThe Blind Leading the Blindâ
- Chapter 2: âWe Have Bin Seeing Pretty Hard Timesâ
- Chapter 3: âThe Maddest Set of Men in the Worldâ
- Chapter 4: âOur Colonel Is Under Arrestâ
- Chapter 5: âThe Rebels Are Still Crowding Us Pretty Closelyâ
- Chapter 6: âThe Government Has Commenced Giving Us a Few Picklesâ
- Chapter 7: âThe Most Melancholy and Painful Sight I Ever Sawâ
- Chapter 8: âI Expect We Will Have a Big Messâ
- Chapter 9: âIn the Very Thickest of the Fightâ
- Chapter 10: âOur Lights Are All Over Missionary Ridgeâ
- Chapter 11: âMy Men Are Almost Literally Nakedâ
- Chapter 12: âBrave Men Were Falling on Every Handâ
- Chapter 13: âIt Appeared Like Certain Death to Remainâ
- Chapter 14: âThe Northern Sky Is Exceedingly Dark Just Nowâ
- Chapter 15: âThis Will Undoubtedly Be a Hard Battleâ
- Chapter 16: âThey Are Going Somewhere Toward Freedomâ
- Chapter 17: âGod Bless Their Brave Soulsâ
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Roster
- Bibliography
- About the Author