Morning to Midnight in the Saddle: Civil War Letters of a Soldier in Wilders Lightning Brigade

Morning to Midnight in the Saddle: Civil War Letters of a Soldier in Wilder's Lightning Brigade

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So Wilder arranged to finance the purchase under his personal credit.

He intended to ask the infantrymen to buy the guns themselves. Each regiment was able to take a vote — they had to agree to become mounted infantry, and they had to agree buy their own rifles.

The fourth regiment, the 75th Indiana, voted down the proposal. So Wilder had to find a replacement regiment. He recalled how well the rd Illinois performed on the earlier expedition and invited them to join. A fifth regiment, the 92nd Illinois, joined a while later.

The last piece of the puzzle was to find an artillery unit, and he was able to convince the 18th Indiana Battery to join. They had six 3-inch Rodman guns and were led by Captain Eli Lilly. If that name is familiar to you, yes, this is the same Eli Lilly that founded a pharmaceutical company after the war, a company that still exists to this day.

Morning to Midnight in the Saddle: Civil War Letters of a Soldier in Wilder's Lightning Brigade

Everything was now set, and the Brigade set out on a month-long crash course in learning how to handle their horses and shoot their new Spencer Repeating Rifles. What might have been an exciting time for the Timmons brothers was soon tainted by tragedy.

According to family legend, he died of illness — probably dysentery or typhoid which were rampant in the camps at that time. Here are some resources for you:.

Salathiel Timmons: joining Wilder’s Brigade

I probably will buy the hard cover edition, because I will want to flip through certain sections again. If someone has a specific interest in Wilder's Lightning Brigade, also look at histories of other regiments in the brigade, particularly the 72nd Indiana. I enjoy reading about personal experiences from the Civil War. This book was well done.

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I feel like I got to know Otho McManus as a person who became my friend. I was pulling for him to make it through the Civil War, even though I learned his fate early on in this book. The editors do a great job of putting Otho's letters to his wife and daughter in perspective with events of the Civil War and on the home front. Because I live in the region where many of the soldiers of the rd Illinois Infantry were from, I really enjoyed getting to know of the heroic deeds and of the drudgery of camp life of these soldiers. As the rating indicates, I loved the book.

I really enjoyed this book - a personalized history of one man's experience in the Civil War. The letters provide a window into the life of a soldier, with the setting of the battles explained by the rest of the text.

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The letters are also a window into the culture of the times, a revelation of the relationships between a husband and a wife separated for extended periods. I strongly recommend this book. We will send you an SMS containing a verification code. Please double check your mobile number and click on "Send Verification Code".

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