Service
The 53rd Illinois Infantry was organized at Ottawa, Illinois and mustered into Federal service in January 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on July 22, 1865.
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Famous quotes containing the word service:
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.”
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