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OF THE CIVIL WAR 119
often to you, for I know how anxious you are to' hear from me, situated as w^e are so near the scene of the ter¬ rible battles that are raging day after day at the front. I am well, but have a great deal of work to do. This is the nearest post to the front, and everything going to or from the army passes through here. Tonight 1,400 prisoners and several hundred of our wounded came in, all bound farther North. All this adds to my labors. I see no reason to believe that we shall be sent forward unless the emergency is very great. None of our division are in the fights. Those who came in from the front all feel confident that General Rosecrans can hold his own, but he is doubtless largely outnumbered and we can but feel the greatest solicitude for the result.
"The carnage has been fearful. We all feel ready to go whenever Ave may be ordered and to do our duty in this time of peril, although the fate of war may termin¬ ate our earthly career. Let us trust all these things to our Heavenly Father, Avho^ will order everything wisely and Avell. You can have no idea of the suffering of the people here. Absolute starvation stares them in the face; and what makes it more painful is the fact that a majority of them are loyal. It would make your blood run cold to hear of the outrages that have been com¬ mitted upon them by the rebels before our army came here. Oh, my dear, how sincerely do I thank God that you do not feel this Avar^—only in my absence; that I can bear all the suffering and peril of it without your being compelled to share them AA'ith me., Colonel Heg is dead and his body is on the Avay home. He was mortally wounded on Saturday last. [He was killed at the battle of Chicamauga, ] He Avas a noble-hearted, true man, and a brave and useful officer. His loss is a calamity."
"Stevenson, Ala., Sept. 25, 1863.—We are still here without any change in our situation, and without any definite knowledge of what is transpiring in our im-
Object Description
| Title | Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Source Title | William Penn Lyon's Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Regiment | 8th Infantry; 13th Infantry |
| Author/Creator | Lyon, William Penn, 1822-1913 |
| Description | Republican attorney William Penn Lyon (1822-1913) was representing Racine in the Wisconsin Assembly when the war broke out. He formed a company in the 8th Wisconsin Infantry and served as its captain until 1862, when he was appointed colonel of the 13th Infantry. This volume was assembled by his wife from letters and diaries, supplemented by her memory of months spent with him at the front. It covers his entire service, from raising a company after the First Battle of Bull Run to his post-war service in Texas. It describes the battles of Fredericktown, Farmington, and Corinth, the drowning of Governor Harvey, and the War Eagle "Old Abe." Slavery is a common theme, and the letters describe refugees, African-American soldiers, and difficulties encountered bringing a black woman to Chicago with officers' wives. After the war, Lyon served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1871 to 1894 and moved to California in 1903. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | San Jose, Calif. |
| Source Creation Date | 1907 |
| Source Publisher | Press of Muirson & Wright |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Digital Identifier | CWPN019010000 |
| Type | Text; Image |
Description
| Title | 119 |
| Source Title | William Penn Lyon's Reminiscences of the Civil War |
| Event Date | 1863-09-23 |
| Year | 1863 |
| Month | September |
| Day | 23 |
| People | Heg, Hans Christian, Col. |
| Battle | Chickamauga, Battle of |
| Author/Creator | Lyon, William Penn, 1822-1913 |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | San Jose, Calif. |
| Source Creation Date | 1907 |
| Source Publisher | Press of Muirson & Wright |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | OF THE CIVIL WAR 119 often to you, for I know how anxious you are to' hear from me, situated as w^e are so near the scene of the ter¬ rible battles that are raging day after day at the front. I am well, but have a great deal of work to do. This is the nearest post to the front, and everything going to or from the army passes through here. Tonight 1,400 prisoners and several hundred of our wounded came in, all bound farther North. All this adds to my labors. I see no reason to believe that we shall be sent forward unless the emergency is very great. None of our division are in the fights. Those who came in from the front all feel confident that General Rosecrans can hold his own, but he is doubtless largely outnumbered and we can but feel the greatest solicitude for the result. "The carnage has been fearful. We all feel ready to go whenever Ave may be ordered and to do our duty in this time of peril, although the fate of war may termin¬ ate our earthly career. Let us trust all these things to our Heavenly Father, Avho^ will order everything wisely and Avell. You can have no idea of the suffering of the people here. Absolute starvation stares them in the face; and what makes it more painful is the fact that a majority of them are loyal. It would make your blood run cold to hear of the outrages that have been com¬ mitted upon them by the rebels before our army came here. Oh, my dear, how sincerely do I thank God that you do not feel this Avar^—only in my absence; that I can bear all the suffering and peril of it without your being compelled to share them AA'ith me., Colonel Heg is dead and his body is on the Avay home. He was mortally wounded on Saturday last. [He was killed at the battle of Chicamauga, ] He Avas a noble-hearted, true man, and a brave and useful officer. His loss is a calamity." "Stevenson, Ala., Sept. 25, 1863.—We are still here without any change in our situation, and without any definite knowledge of what is transpiring in our im- |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN019010127 |
| Type | Text |