Salisbury, LeRoy:

$8,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

[MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF LEROY SALISBURY, 2nd LIEUTENANT IN THE 36th ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, RECOUNTING HIS CIVIL WAR SERVICE, INCLUDING HEAVY FIGHTING AT CHICKAMAUGA, THE SIEGE OF CHATTANOOGA, ... A substantial and detailed personal account of the Chattanooga campaign of 1863, recorded in the daily journal of LeRoy Salisbury, a second lieutenant in the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Prior to the period covered by his journal, Salisbury and his unit were involved in some of the thickest fighting of the early war, battling on the front lines at Pea Ridge and Perryville in 1862 and sustaining heavy losses in the costly Union victory at the Battle of Stones River on New Year's Day, 1863. Spanning from the weeks leading up to the Union's disastrous loss at Chickamauga, through the stress and suffering of the Confederate siege of Chattanooga, to the army's crucial victories at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Salisbury's journal provides a thorough look into the daily life of an officer in Rosencrans's army during this dangerous but all-important campaign in Tennessee. LeRoy Salisbury's journal begins on August 25, 1863, with continuing maneuvers between opposing generals, William Rosencrans and Braxton Bragg. Over the next month, the 36th Illinois carried out a series of difficult marches over the wet and mountainous terrain. Salisbury confesses to being unclear as to their purpose, but places his trust in "Rosy" until he remarks on Saturday, September

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