THE

PATRIOTISM OF ILLINOIS.

A RECORD OF THE

CIVIL AND MILITARY HISTORY

OF THE STATE IN THE

WAR FOR THE UNION,

HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH ILLINOIS SOLDIERS
HAVE BEEN CONSPICUOUS,

SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS, THE ROLL OF TUB

ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD, MOVEMENTS OF THE SANITARY

AND CHRISTIAN COMMISSIONS.

BY T. M. EDDY, D. D.,

Editor N. W. Christian Advocate.

ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OP EMINENT MEN.

IN TWO VOLS.-VOL. I.

CHICAGO:

CLARKE & CO., PUBLISHER!

1865.

Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1865,

By CLARKE & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States io» the Northern District of Illinois.

Stereotyped by John Conahab

TO ILLINOIS SOLDIERS,

FROM THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL

TO THE

SMALLEST DRUMMER-BOY:

TO THE

GALLANT LIVING AND HEROIC DEAD

WHO HAVE MADE THE STATE ILLUSTRIOUS
ON EVERY BATTLE-FIELD,

THESE VOLUMES
ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.