July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Period manuscript retained copy, 1p. folio, being an “Inventory of the Effects of Private Thomas Anderson late of Co. ‘H’ 1st Regt. Light Artillery Ill Vols who died at the Regimental hospital at Fort Pickering, Tenn on the 21st day of August 1862...the deceased has been hearty & rugged from the day of his enlistment up to within one week previous to his death...” His clothing is listed below. VG. Battery H of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery, was recruited in and about Chicago during Jan. and Feb., 1862. In March, it was ordered to St. Louis, where it was equipped with 20-pounder Parrott's as a 4-gun battery and was immediately sent down the river to join Gen. Grant's command. It arrived at Pittsburg landing April 5, and participated in the battle of Shiloh the next day forming the center of that line of artillery which, with the gun-boats on the Tennessee, repulsed the last charges of the Confederates on the first day of the battle. The battery participated in all of the battles in which the 15th corps was engaged and was one of the working companies of that famous corps at Vicksburg, Missionary ridge, the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, finally marching in review before the president at Washington and was mustered out with the rest of the 15th corps. The guns were captured on July 22, 1864, in front of Atlanta, but were soon recaptured and turned with good effect upon the retreating enemy.
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