Download or read book Yates Phalanx written by Charles M. Clark and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Yates Phalanx: The History of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 On May 3, 1861, President Lincoln authorized a second call for troops; this time additional men were needed. When this occurred, Governor Yates of Illinois forwarded the muster-roll of this uncommitted company of roughly fifty men to the adjutant-general of Illinois. The thirty-ninth Illinois Infantry Regiment, under the temporary command of lieutenant-colonel Osborn, was organizing in Chicago and the company was offered a place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.