Service
The 7th Illinois Infantry was mustered at Camp Yates, Illinois on April 25, 1861. Companies E and G participated in the expedition from Cairo to Little River from June 22–23, 1861.
The regiment mustered out of service on July 25, 1861 at Cairo, Illinois and most personnel were remustered in the 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Years).
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“The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self- service populace, and all our specious comforts—the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria—are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.”
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“Our chief want in life, is, someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great.”
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