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The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

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  1. 00 - Dedication and Preface

    5:07

  2. 01 - Beginning of the War, 1862

    31:32

  3. 02 - Benton Barracks, St. Louis, 1862

    18:32

  4. 03 - Battle of Shiloh, 1862

    57:14

  5. 04 - Some Incidents of the Battle of Shiloh

    37:38

  6. 05 - Seige of Corinth, 1862

    21:39

  7. 06 - Bethel, Jackson, 1862

    28:52

  8. 07 - Bolivar, 1862

    19:16

  9. 08 - Vicinity of Iuka, Mississippi, 1862

    40:32

  10. 09 - Affair of Salem Cemetery, 1863

    47:05

  11. 10 - Seige of Vicksburg, 1863

    40:21

  12. 11 - Life in a Hospital, 1863

    20:25

  13. 12 - Devall's Bluff, Little Rock, 1863

    18:38

  14. 13 - Granted a Furlough, 1863

    41:16

  15. 14 - Re-enlist for Three Years More

    20:08

  16. 15 - Augusta and Springfield, 1864

    30:44

  17. 16 - Devall's Bluff; Clarendon Expedition, 1864

    13:36

  18. 17 - Grand Reviews and Inspections, 1864

    17:16

  19. 18 - Regiment Goes Home on Furlough

    22:12

  20. 19 - Murfreesboro, 1864

    18:43

  21. 20 - Affair at Overal's Creek, 1864

    12:18

  22. 21 - Battle of Wilkinson's Pike, 1864

    22:06

  23. 22 - Railroad Fight near Murfresboro, 1864

    25:27

  24. 23 - Murfresboro, Winter 1864-1865

    15:45

  25. 24 - Soldier's Pay: Rations

    20:30

  26. 25 - Mustered Out, September 8, 1865

    15:08

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Leander Stillwell was eighteen when he enlisted at Camp Carrollton in January 1862 and went into Company D of the 61st Illinois Infantry, staying with it until the regiment broke ranks for the last time in September 1865. He wrote the account more than fifty years later at his youngest son's urging, working from the pocket diary he bought at Memphis in 1863 and the letters his mother had kept. It moves camp by camp: drill at Benton Barracks, Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, garrison months at Bolivar and Little Rock, Vicksburg, a hospital at Helena, the December fighting outside Murfreesboro. Stillwell claimed no literary skill and kept to what one man in the ranks could see, plain about fear, rations, pay, and the guard duty between battles.

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Leander Stillwell

Leander Stillwell (1843-1934) was born on a farm in Jersey County, Illinois, and enlisted in the Union army at eighteen, serving three years and eight months in the Western theater with the 61st Illinois and finishing as a second lieutenant.

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First published
1920
Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
287
Language
English
Formats
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Audio read by
Sue Anderson