OF THE
77th
ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
SEPT. 2, 1862 – JULY 10, 1865,
BY
LIEUT. W. H. BENTLEY,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
GENERAL D. P. GRIER.
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PEORIA, ILLINOIS:
EDWARD HINE, PRINTER, ADAMS ST., COR. HARRISON,
1883.
TO
MY COMRADES
OF THE
SEVENTY-SEVENTH,
FROM THE
COLONEL
WHO SO ABLY COMMANDED US,
TO THE
DRUMMER BOY
WHO CARRIED THE STRETCHER ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE,
AS A TRIBUTE OF SINCERE AFFECTION
FOR THE LIVING,
AND OF PROFOUND SORROW
FOR THE DEAD,
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY THE AUTHOR.