journal of a cavalry bugler
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Journal of a Cavalry Bugler
Historical Fiction, based on real-life adventures of Civil War Soldier, Charlie Dickey
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Copyright ©Georgiann Baldino 2014
T. Lyle Dickey offers to raise a regiment of cavalry and President Lincoln agrees.
The regiment becomes the Fourth Illinois Cavalry
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Charlie Dickey musters in to the Fourth Illinois Cavalry on August 12, 1861
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W.H.L. Wallace, Charlie’s brother-in-law, and his brother Cyrus enlist as part of the Eleventh Illinois Infantry.
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General Grant and Admiral Foote conduct joint army/navy attacks against Confederates batteries and western river forts.
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W. H. L. Wallace is mortally wounded at Shiloh,but his leadership saves the Union from defeat.
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Shiloh Church, Shiloh National Battlefield
Charlie was assigned to General Grant’s escort
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Charlie served as officer of the provost and skirmished alongsideAfrican American troopers.
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Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber
His story encompasses real people caught up in the great events of the War Between the States.
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Charles Henry Dickey, circa 1922Courtesy of the Illinois Reading Room, Ottawa Public Library