[Gutenberg 45558] • The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers

Excerpt from The History of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment: Illinois Volunteers, or a Three Years' Campaign Through Missour, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, With a Description of the Country, Towns, Skirmishes and Battles Incidents, Casualties and Anecdotes Met With on the Way; And Embellished Wit

The men and-the officers with one or two exceptions, were sadly deficient in a knowledge of military tactics or drills, and Colonel Frederick consequently took upon himself the task of drilling the regiment daily. In a short space of time he succeeded in making them quite well acquainted with company and battalion drills.

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