July 4th—Dawns gloriously. The national salutes roll from
the Illinois shore, sending their joyous music southward, telling a story that
runs back to the morning of the Republic. At 10 o'clock the regiment is formed
and marched to the grove, where they listen to the reading of the Declaration
of Independence by Colonel Cook. Oration by Chaplain Davis. Valedictory by
Captain Joslyn
SOURCES: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History of the Seventh
Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 9
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