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A high-spirited idealist who craved excitement when he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Volunteers for three months and reenlisted for three years, Wills, of Canton, Illinois, wrote frequently to his sister Mary Emily Wills and kept a diary of General William T. Sherman's campaigns during the last year of the war. A student and store clerk before enlisting, Wills found that army life "beats clerking." He enlisted as a private at the age of twenty-one and by twenty-four was a major. He had thought he might receive an infantry commission eventually, but when the opportunity arose for promotion to first lieutenant in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, "cupidity and ambition" caused him to abandon the Eighth, enabling him to hold rank "without so much walking." For a while, he seriously rued his lack of action, but his enthusiasm for carnage waned as he marched with Sherman to the sea. Wills matured in the army. He joined solely to preserve the Union, and his early comments on slaves "lacked sympathy, even decency," according to John Y. Simon. Later he came to the point where he would arm blacks - in part, with an eye toward gaining rank by leading the new regiments. Yet he was not blind to the anomalies of a slave society. Wills died in 1883. To preserve his memory, his sister (now Mary E. Kellogg) printed his diary in 1904. Two years later, Kellogg combined the diary with the letters Wills had written to her earlier in the war
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Wills compiled by Mary E. Kellogg ; foreword by John Y. Simon Sherman's march to the sea Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press 1996 Carbondale Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press 1 online resource (xii, 383 pages) 1 online resource (xii, 383 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Shawnee classics Includes bibliographical references Introduction -- April 28, 1861 to January 30, 1862 -- February 3, 1862 to June 29, 1862 -- July 14, 1862 to June 4, 1863 -- June 7, 1863 to April 28, 1864 -- April 30, 1864 to August 24, 1864 -- August 29, 1864 to February 13, 1865 -- February 14, 1865 to May 19, 1865 Use copy. Restrictions unspecified star. MiAaHDL A high-spirited idealist who craved excitement when he enlisted in the Eighth Illinois Volunteers for three months and reenlisted for three years, Wills, of Canton, Illinois, wrote frequently to his sister Mary Emily Wills and kept a diary of General William T. Sherman's campaigns during the last year of the war. A student and store clerk before enlisting, Wills found that army life "beats clerking." He enlisted as a private at the age of twenty-one and by twenty-four was a major. He had thought he might receive an infantry commission eventually, but when the opportunity arose for promotion to first lieutenant in the Seventh Illinois Cavalry, "cupidity and ambition" caused him to abandon the Eighth, enabling him to hold rank "without so much walking." For a while, he seriously rued his lack of action, but his enthusiasm for carnage waned as he marched with Sherman to the sea. Wills matured in the army. He joined solely to preserve the Union, and his early comments on slaves "lacked sympathy, even decency," according to John Y. Simon. Later he came to the point where he would arm blacks - in part, with an eye toward gaining rank by leading the new regiments. Yet he was not blind to the anomalies of a slave society. Wills died in 1883. To preserve his memory, his sister (now Mary E. Kellogg) printed his diary in 1904. Two years later, Kellogg combined the diary with the letters Wills had written to her earlier in the war Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Wills, Charles Wright 1840-1883.) Wills, Charles Wright 1840-1883) United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866) United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 103rd (1862-1865) United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 103rd (1862-1865) United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866) Sherman's March to the Sea- Personal narratives Marche de Sherman vers la mer, 1864- Récits personnels BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY- Historical. HISTORY. Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology. United States - General. United States- History- Civil War, 1861-1865- Personal narratives Illinois- History- Civil War, 1861-1865- Personal narratives États-Unis- Histoire- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)- Récits personnels Illinois- Histoire- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)- Récits personnels Illinois. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgt3k8FThFDJMfjp8rpfq United States. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq History. Personal narratives. Brieven (vorm) Dagboeken (vorm) Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Autobiographies. Récits personnels. Kellogg, Mary E. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMhmvw34tqQr7gmrCwkwy Print version Wills, Charles Wright, 1840-1883. Army life of an Illinois soldier. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1996 0809320460 (DLC) 95048898 (OCoLC)33818561 Original (DLC) 95048898 (OCoLC)33818561 0809320460 Shawnee classics