With
Grant at Fort Donelson,
Shiloh and Vicksburg
And an Appreciation of General U. S. Grant
By
Wilbur F. Crummer
of the 45th Regt., Ill. Vols.
With Illustrations
Published 1915
By E. C. CRUMMER & CO.
Oak Park, Ill.
Copyright 1915
By W. F. CRUMMER
Yours truly
Wilbur F. Crummer
Table of Contents
| Pages | |
| Fort Henry | 11-23 |
| Fort Donelson | 25-47 |
| Shiloh | 49-90 |
| Vicksburg | 91-171 |
| Appreciation of General U. S. Grant | 173-190 |
Illustrations
| Pages | |
| 1. General Grant examining a prisoner’s haversack at Fort Donelson | 31 |
| 2. Charge of the 8th Missouri and 11th Indiana Regiments, led by General Lew Wallace, at Fort Donelson | 44 |
| 3. The fight in the peach orchard at Shiloh | 66 |
| 4. The 23rd Indiana and 45th Illinois Regiments charging Fort Hill after the explosion of the mines June 25th, 1863, at the siege of Vicksburg | 138 |
| 5. General U. S. Grant | 173 |
FOREWORD
In this year of 1915, when the sounds of battleand strife come wafted to us across the seafrom Europe, the younger generation are askingquestions of the Veterans of the Civil Warabout their experiences in battle.
Formerly I lived in Galena, Ill., and havingbeen personally acquainted with, and a neighborof General U. S. Grant, and one of the “
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