Enjoy this rich biographical tribute to the 113th Illinois Infantry, linking the experiences of a Union private with 99% of all regimental actions cited in Dyer's Compendium and the Adjutant General's Report. Masterfully written, it's a biography you won't want to put down. 

Connect with the men who Chatfield marched with: General Ulysses S. Grant, General Tecumseh Sherman, Colonel Giles A. Smith, Colonel George B. Hoge, Captain Cephas Williams; Sgt. John J. Kellogg; Private Riley Vincent Beach; Adjutant Daniel Sanford Parker, General Samuel D. Sturgis,  General William L. McMillen, General Benjamin H. Grierson, Colonel Alexander Wilkin, and Colonel Edward Bouton.  Explore the battle of Coffeeville, the political intrigue offered by General John Alexander McClernand; savor moving stories about the Confederate raid on Holly Springs, the saga of USS Cairo and its chief officer Lieutenant Commander Thomas Selfridge. Imagine the sordid conditions on DeSoto Point, Young's Point, and Milliken's Bend as Grant's men struggled to complete "Butler's Ditch" and other canals intended to isolate Vicksburg as a backwater town, and reflect upon the raw talent of the notorious Confederate general, Nathan Bedford Forrest. Discover the histories of more than 120 soldiers that Chatfield personally knew and wrote about.