Title On to Atlanta : the Civil War diaries of John Hill Ferguson, Illinois Tenth Regiment of Volunteers / edited by Janet Correll Ellison with assistance from Mark A. Weitz

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 161 pages) Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology of the Complete John Hill Ferguson Civil War Diaries -- Diary IV: 1 January to 13 September 1864 -- Diary V: 1 January to 10 June 1865 -- Notes for Diary IV -- Notes for Diary V -- Bibliography Summary Historians have shown us the drama and sweep of the swathe Sherman's March cut through the South. Officers have bequeathed us accounts of what happened in strategic and practical terms. But for a gritty, day-by-day, on-the-ground view of what the march to Atlanta meant to the common soldier, nothing can compare to the diary of an enlisted man like John Hill Ferguson. A Scottish immigrant and a U.S. citizen since 1856, Ferguson enlisted in the Illinois Veteran Volunteers in 1860 and shortly afterward began to keep a diary. The annotated entries presented here, from 1864 and 1865, describe life in the Tenth Illinois as the troops made their way through the Carolinas and Georgia under Sherman. In these pages the details of Civil War soldiering become real, immediate, and personal, as do the daily dramas of life on the march. Smallpox struck Ferguson's unit early on, decimating his company; food, when there was any, was invariably poor; and always Confederate defenders waited up ahead, exacting a heavy toll on the advancing Northerners. These events and details, conveyed with all the force of Ferguson's fine intellect and superior powers of observation, offer an unforgettable firsthand view of that savage contest Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ferguson, John Hill, 1829-1910 -- Diaries SUBJECT Ferguson, John Hill, 1829-1910 -- Diaries Ferguson, John Hill, 1829-1910 fast Subject United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1865). Company G. SUBJECT United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1865). Company G fast Subject Sherman's March to the Sea -- Personal narratives Soldiers -- Illinois -- Diaries BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY. Regimental histories Soldiers SUBJECT Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261 Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267 Subject Illinois United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Diaries History Personal narratives Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Autobiographies. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Ellison, Janet Correll, 1957- Weitz, Mark A., 1957- ISBN 080320258X 9780803202580 1280424052 9781280424052

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