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Excerpt from Historical Memoranda of the 52nd Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers: From Its Organization, Nov; 19th, 1861, to Its Muster Out, by Reason of Expiration of Service, on the 6th Day of July, 1865 Feb. 7th, Col. T. W. Sweeney of the Regular Army, as sumed command of the Regiment, and on the l6th, in obedience to orders received, embarked on boat for Fort Donelson, Ky., under command of Col. T. W. Sweeney, where we arrived early on the morning of the 17th, just in time to be assigned to the unpleasant duty of guarding rebel prisoners. On the morning of the 18th, the Regiment, on several different boats, loaded With prisoners, started down the river for St, Louis, where we arrived on the 20th, and were then ordered to proceed with the prisoners to Spring field and Chicago. After delivering the prisoners at the above places. The Regiment rendezvoused at St. Louis March 7th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.