Camp 103d Illinois
Infantry, Lagrange, Tenn.,
May 7, 1863.
Isn't the Grierson "raid" glorious? Two other
expeditions started from this point and were gone respectively five and ten
days each. Although they made good long marches and took about 40 prisoners and
500 animals, still we forget them in looking after Grierson. We have the Rebels
well scared in this country. Five thousand men could sweep everything north of
Jackson, if they could only hold it. Papers to-day give us the news on the
Rappahannock up to the 4th of May, which includes the route of Siegel's
Dutchmen and leaves Hooker in what seems to me a close place. Well, he can at
worst but fail. What a consolation. General Oglesby wrote to Hurlbut to detail me
on his staff General Hurlbut referred the letter through division and brigade
headquarters for the letter of my company and on its return to Hurlbut, General
Smith objected to my being detailed out of his command. He thought Oglesby
might find his staff in his own command. All right! I would like to have been
with Old Dick though. I'm on a General Court Martial now. Confound the Court
Martials.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 174-5
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