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Grant rises from clerk to colonel in 1861 Illinois regiment
The account follows Ulysses S. Grant’s 1861 progression from a Galena leather shop clerk to accepting command of the 7th Illinois District Regiment at Camp Yates. A rough reception by his troops ends when Grant enforces discipline and secures uniforms and arms. John A. Logan spurs volunteers with a pointed debate about patriotism.
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Springfield
Yates
7Th District Regiment of
Illinois
Ater
21St Illinois
Richard Yates
U.S. Volunteers
U.S. Army
Sam Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant
West Point
Uncle Sam
Sam
Grant
Col
Samuel Cooper
Cooper
Confederacy
Ft. Humbolt
California
St. Louis
Jesse
Galena
Ill
Ulysses
Ft. Sumter
West Pointer
George B. McClellan
Cincinnati
John C. Fremont
Nathaniel Lyon
Missouri
McClellan
Gov. Yates
W. T. Burke
Burke
7Th District
John A. McClernand
John A. Logan
McClernand
Logan
MccClernand
Mattoon
U. S. Grant
Clarksburg
W. Va
Michigan
Jefferson Davis