. Transazioni dell'Illinois state Historical Society. servizi eir******** E più della nostra intera quota era nel campo di Spring-Field. L'invito è stato emesso il 15 maggio 1861 e il 16 di quel mese troviamo i nomi di Edward R. Roberts e ed-ward P. Strickland, in seguito a portare, rispettivamente, i titoli di Colonnello e Capitano, iscritti per il servizio di tre mesi. Anche se il reggimento in cui il Colon. Roberts e il Capitano Strick-Land arruolarono è stato il primo ad essere iscritto in Illinois ancora al fine di ottenere un riconoscimento makeourteous dei sei reggimenti che erano stati condannati al messicano

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. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. eir services******** and more than our full quota was in camp at Spring-field. The call was issued on the 15th day of May, 1861 and on the16th of that month we find the names of Edward R. Roberts and Ed-ward P. Strickland, later to bear, respectively, the titles of Colonel andCaptain, enrolled for the Three Months Service. Although the regiment in which Col. Roberts and Captain Strick-land enlisted was the first to be enrolled in Illinois yet in order to makecourteous acknowledgement of the six regiments which had been sentto the Mexican War the numbering for the regiments which took partin the war for the Union began at seven. The Seventh Infantry wascommanded by Col. John Cook. It was mustered into service at CampYates, April 25, 1861 and forwarded to Alton, St. Louis, Cairo andMound City where it remained during the three months service. At theclose of that time Col. Roberts promptly re-enlisted for the three yearsterm. During those three years he was to see much bloody fighting on. Col. Edward Roberts 113 the fields of Shiloh, Ft. Donelson, Corinth, Pittsburg Landing and manyother points. At the end of that term the Seventh Infantry re-enlistedas Veterans, for the duration of the war. Captain Strickland, at the end of the three months service, did not, for some reason, re-enlist with the Seventh but, we learn from the Ad-jutant Generals Report, joined the 114th Infantry, Company B as FirstLieutenant, the muster date being September 18, 1862. His regimentwas sent south in November of that year engaging in the TallahatchieCampaign, in the battles of Vicksburg, and of Jackson, Miss. It didconsiderable skirmishing with guerrillas while on picket duty at OakRidge, Miss., and on June 1st, 1864, engaged in the battle of Guntownduring which engagement his regiment lost more than half its numberand Captain Strickland was, himself, severely wounded. It was following the third enlistment with the Seventh atPulaski, Te

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