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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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“Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this.”
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The constant service of the antique world,
When service sweat for duty, not for meed!”
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—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 3, ch. 3 (1962)